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Violin
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. Chris Goertzen,
Eitan Ornoy, Robert Riggs, Peter Walls, Peter Wollny. Musicologist and violinist Robert
Riggs (PhD,Harvard University) chairs the Department of Music at the University of
Mississippi and is the author of articles on Mozart as well as the monograph Leon
Composer, Performer, and Teacher (URP 2010).
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. Chris Goertzen,
Eitan Ornoy, Robert Riggs, Peter Walls, Peter Wollny. Musicologist and violinist Robert
Riggs (PhD,Harvard University) chairs the Department of Music at the University of
Mississippi and is the author of articles on Mozart as well as the monograph Leon
Composer, Performer, and Teacher (URP 2010).
328 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 15, 2016
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