Style and performance for bowed string instruments in French baroque music / Mary Cyr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cyr, Mary.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Performance practice (Music)--France--History--17th century.

Performance practice (Music).

Performance practice (Music)--France--History--18th century.

Bowed stringed instruments--Performance--France--History--17th century.

Bowed stringed instruments.

Bowed stringed instruments--Performance--France--History--18th century.

Performance.

History.

France.

Physical Description:

xxi, 256 pages : illustrations, music ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., 2012.

Summary:

Cyr (emerita, music, U. of Guelph, Canada) explores the performance of French Baroque music, about 1680 to 1760, through its written and unwritten conventions from the vantage point of the string players who composed and performed it. The viol dominated string playing at the beginning of the period, she says, but after 1700 the violin family grew in popularity and came to dominate the musical scene by the middle of the century. She looks at sources and style in French Baroque music, bowed string instruments in French ensembles, interpretation and style in French music for string players, and composer profiles. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Sources and style in French baroque music. Historical context, musical works, and performance ; French and Italian musical style : the great divide -- Bowed string instruments in French ensembles. Strings in French ensembles ; Bass instruments of the violin and viol families in solo and ensemble roles -- Interpretation and style in French music for string players. Articulation ; Tempo, character, and inequality ; Ornamentation and special effects ; Basse continue, pitch, and temperament -- Composer profiles. Marin Marais : viol player, composer, and teacher extraordinaire ; Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre's violin sonatas : what the sources do (and do not) tell us ; Jean-Baptiste Barrière, virtuoso French cellist and composer ; Forqueray's Pieces de viole avec la basse continue : authorship and performance issues.

ISBN:

9781409405696

1409405699

OCLC:

748941757