Early History of the Viol

Name: Early History of the Viol
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ISBN: 9780521242929

ISBN-10: 0521242924

ISBN-13: 9780521242929

Edition: 1984

Authors: Ian Woodfield

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This book traces the development of the viol from its late medieval Spanish origins to the sixteenth century, when it became the most widely played bowed instrument in western Europe. Ian Woodfield examines the two most important ancestors of the instrument, the Moorish rahab and the vihuela de mano. From these two instruments emerged an early form of viol, the Valencian vihuela de arco, which spread rapidly across the Mediterranean during the papacy of Rodrigo Borgia. The viol itself was enthusiastically accepted by the d'Este and Gonzaga families and other Italian arbiters of taste before migrating northwards across the Alps and into the rest of Europe. The author discusses all aspects of…

Book details

List price: $79.95
Copyright year: 1984
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 8/16/1984
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 279
Size: 6.85" wide x 9.72" long x 0.83" tall
Weight: 1.672



List of illustrations


Acknowledgements


Abbreviations


Introduction



The medieval viol



The Moorish rabab in Aragon



The vihuela de mano



The Valencian viol: its structure, playing techniques and music



The introduction of the viol into Italy



The viol in early sixteenth-century Germany



The structural development of the Italian viol in the sixteenth century



Italian viol tunings



Viol-playing techniques in sixteenth-century Italy



Music for solo viol in sixteenth-century Italy



The viol consort and its music in sixteenth-century Italy



The viol consort in late sixteenth-century Germany



The viol in France and the Low Countries



The viol in sixteenth-century England


Conclusion


Notes


Bibliography


Index