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One hundred years of violoncello : a history of technique and performance practice, 1740-1840 / Valerie Walden.

Title
One hundred years of violoncello : a history of technique and performance practice, 1740-1840 / Valerie Walden.
Author
Walden, Valerie.
Publication
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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Description
xv, 311 p. : ill., music; 26 cm.
Summary
This is the first book to address the full range of performance issues for the violoncello from the Baroque to the early Romantic period. The development of playing techniques and stylistic transitions is traced regionally through a comparison of Italian, French, German, English, and East European performance traits. Through a close study of contemporary violoncello methods, music, early instruments, periodicals, diaries, letters, and pictures, Dr. Walden provides a cohesive overview which examines construction methods for instruments and bows, fingering and bowing techniques, special effects and ornamentation, accompanying skills, and the stylistic preferences of the most famous soloists of the time. Richly illustrated with over 300 music examples, plates, and figures, this book allows the reader to apply the information to his or her own manner of playing period music.
Series Statement
Cambridge musical texts and monographs
Uniform Title
Cambridge musical texts and monographs.
Alternative Title
100 years of violoncello
Subject
  • 1700-1899
  • Cello > Performance
  • Cello music > 18th century > Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)
  • Cello music > 18th century > History and criticism
  • Cello music > 19th century > History and criticism
  • Performance practice (Music) > History > 18th century
  • Performance practice (Music) > History > 19th century
  • Embellishment (Music)
  • Musical accompaniment
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 300-305) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
1. Violoncellists and schools of performance -- 2. Development of the violoncello, the bow, and notation -- 3. The bow grip and instrument hold -- 4. The development of fingering techniques -- 5. Bow strokes and their execution -- 6. Special effects -- 7. Rules of ornamentation -- 8. The art of accompaniment -- 9. Elements of aesthetics and style.
ISBN
0521554497 (hardback)
LCCN
^^^96047436^/MN
OCLC
  • 35742075
  • SCSB-10019937
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library