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The Viola da Gamba

By Bettina Hoffmann

The Viola da Gamba Arts & Music

The Viola da Gamba

By Bettina Hoffmann

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The viola da gamba was a central instrument in European music from the late fifteenth century well into the late eighteenth. 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 its various names. 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 nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
406
Release Date:
2018-04-11
Publication Date:
2018-04-20
Publisher:
Routledge
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1138240230
ISBN13:
9781138240230
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
772 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
26 cm
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