9780952822011 - Baroque String Playing (2 results)

Soft cover. Condition: New. 2nd Edition. xii + 296 pages, CD : 30 cm. All you ever wanted to know about performing early music, but were afraid to ask. Well, fear no more. Subtitled . . . for ingenious learners . . . . this is a landmark publication that sets out in meticulous detail the many varied skills required for playing string music from the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. It will be required reading for amateurs and professionals alike. In a lucid and practical style, Judy Tarling has distilled 30 years of experience in playing chamber and orchestral music of the period, and her brilliantly researched book sets out all the finest points with copious quotations from dozens of historical sources. All bowed string instruments are dealt with; there is extensive information about playing basso continuo and a host of other important topics. Included in the book is a CD with recorded examples to illustrate the finer points of interpretation. Subjects discussed in the book: Affect, articulation, bow vibrato, bow-hold, bowings, buying Baroque equipment, the 'cello, chords, consort style, continuo instrument choice, dance, dissonance, divisions, dotted notes, double bass, double stopping, dynamics, editions, ensembles, facsimiles, figured bass, fingering choice, harmony, holding the instrument, identifying French & Italian style, inequality, intervals, messa di voce, ornamentation, pitch, position changing, publishers, range, recitative, repeats, rhetoric, rhythm, rubato, rules, scordatura, signs, slurs, speed, staccato, strings, temperament, tempo, time signatures, treatises, tuning, the viola, vibrato, violone. Musical examples by: L'Abbé le fils - Bach - Biber - Bonporti - Caccini - Castello - Cima - Corelli - Corrette - Couperin - Feuillet - Geminiani - Gibbons - Handel - Leclair - Locke - Lully - Marais - Mattheson - Matteis - Mealli - L. Mozart - Muffat - Ortiz - Piani - Playford - Purcell - Quantz - Rameau - Schmelzer - Simpson - Tartini - Walther - Westhoff - Veracini - Vivaldi - Zanetti.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Book written by early music pioneer, Judy Tarling. Divided into six parts: The Rhetorical Style, Techniques, National Style, Tuning and Pitch, The Bass Department, Equipment. The six parts are followed by a Glossary, Bibliography etc and a CD contents section (CD included). Full of b/w musical scores and occasional illustrations. It appears to have been owned by the violinist, John Stephens (see images of front cover and ffep - with address labels and signature (cover) in top right-hand corner). Condition: in a very sound state but note the following: general edge wear and occasional creasing (esp. back card cover in top left hand corner). The ffep has an errata sheet (as well as the John Stephen's label) - see image. pp. xii,296 + one page of text (CD Contents) opp. back cover/8vo (imperial octavo). More information/photos on request. Please note that, depending on destination, we may request a payment to cover any extra shipping/postage charges. Proceeds to Amnesty International. Abe2449. (This item is being sold under the Retail Gift Aid scheme to support Amnesty International UK Section Charitable Trust. Gift Aid enables us to increase the value of donations by 25%. Amnesty International UK Section is acting as an agent selling this item on behalf of one of our Gift Aid Donors).