The Viola da Gamba Hardback
by Bettina Hoffmann
Hardback
Description
The viola da gamba was a central instrument in European music from the late 15th century well into the late 18th.
In this comprehensive study, Bettina Hoffmann offers both an introduction to the instrument -- its construction, technique and history -- for the non-specialist, interweaving this information with a wealth of original archival scholarship that experts will relish.
The book begins with a description of the instrument, and here Hoffmann grapples with the complexity of various names applied to this and related instruments.
Following two chapters on the instrument's construction and ancestry, the core of the book is given to a historical and geographical survey of the instrument from its origins into the classical period.
The book closes with a look at the revival of interest in the 19th and 20th centuries.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:392 pages, 3 Tables, black and white; 127 Line drawings, black and white; 110 Halftones, black and w
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:20/04/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781138240230
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Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:392 pages, 3 Tables, black and white; 127 Line drawings, black and white; 110 Halftones, black and w
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:20/04/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9781138240230
