The hurdy-gurdy in eighteenth-century France / Robert A. Green.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Green, Robert A., 1943- author.

Series:

Publications of the Early Music Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dupuits des Bricettes, Jean-Baptiste.

Hurdy-gurdy.

Music--France--18th century--History and criticism.

Music.

France.

Physical Description:

xxiii, 117 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2016]

Summary:

The hurdy-gurdy, or vielle, has been part of European musical life since the eleventh century. In eighteenth-century France, improvements in its sound and appearance led to its use in chamber ensembles. This new and expanded edition of The Hurdy-Gurdy in Eighteenth-Century France offers the definitive introduction to the classic stringed instrument. Robert A. Green discusses the techniques of playing the hurdy-gurdy and the interpretation of its music based on existing methods and on his own experience as a performer. The list of extant music includes new pieces discovered within the last decade and provides new historical context for the instrument and its role in eighteenth-century French culture. Book jacket.

Contents:

Historical background

The music

Musical interpretation and performance practice

The repertory

The vielle in the literature of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France

Appendix: avertissements in the works of Jean-Baptiste Dupuits.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Green, Robert A., 1943- author. Hurdy-gurdy in eighteenth-century France

ISBN:

9780253024954

0253024951

OCLC:

967582702