Pre-Owned The Viola d'Amore: Its History and Development, (Hardcover)

<p>This book provides the first scholarly history of the&amp;amp;#12288;viola d&amp;#39;amore, a popular bowed string instrument of the Baroque era, with a unique tone produced by a set of metal sympathetic strings. Composers like Bach made use of the viola d&amp;#39;amore for its particular sound, but the instrument subsequently fell out of fashion amid orchestral standardisation, only to see a revival as interest in early music and historical performance grew. </p> <p>Drawing on literary accounts, iconography, and surviving instruments, this study examines the origins and development of this eye-catching string instrument in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It explores the rich variation of designs displayed in extant viola d&amp;#39;amore specimens, both as originally constructed and as a result of conversion and repair. The viola d&amp;#39;amore is then set into the wider context of Elizabethan England&amp;#39;s development of instruments with wire strings, and its legacy in the form of the baryton which emerged in the early seventeenth century, followed by a look at the viola d&amp;#39;amore&amp;#39;s own nomenclatorial and organological influence. The book closes with a discussion of the viola d&amp;#39;amore&amp;#39;s revival, and its use and manufacture today. Offering insights for organological research and historical performance practice, this study enhances our knowledge of both the viola d&amp;#39;amore and its wider family of instruments.</p>

• The Viola d'Amore: Its History and Development, (Hardcover)
• Author: Routledge
• ISBN: 9781138358966
• Format: Hardcover
• Publication Date: 2020-07-24
• Page Count: 202