Provides new perspectives on the violin's beloved concert
repertoire, its diverse roles in indigenous musical traditions on four
continents, and its metaphorical presence in visual arts and literature.
With
a colorful history that spans 450 years, the violin has proven to be
one of the world's most important and versatile instruments. Addressed
to performing musicians, serious concertgoers, and collectors of
recordings, The Violin offers insightful, up-to-date essays on a wide
range of topics. Essays discuss beloved masterpieces from the violin's
solo repertoire, with individual chapters on the Italian Baroque, Bach,
Mozart, Beethoven, and the violin concerto in the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries, as well as the evolution of performance styles and
interpretation as documented in recordings. The volume also illustrates
the broad cultural and geographic reach of the instrument, offering
readers a taste of the traditional music of Argentina, Mexico, Norway,
and India, in which the violin's participation is an essential and
characteristic element. Other chapters are devoted to American fiddling
andto the violin and violinists as metaphors in literature and the
visual arts.
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