Camb Companion to the Cello (Cambridge Companions to Music)
Cambridge University Press, 8/21/2008
EAN 9780521629287, ISBN10: 0521629284
Paperback, 288 pages, 24.7 x 17.4 x 1.5 cm
Language: English
This is a compact, composite and authoritative survey of the history and development of the cello and its repertory since the origins of the instrument. The volume comprises thirteen essays, written by a team of nine distinguished scholars and performers, and is intended to develop the cello's historical perspective in breadth and from every relevant angle, offering as comprehensive a coverage as possible. It focuses in particular on four principal areas: the instrument's structure, development and fundamental acoustical principles; the careers of the most distinguished cellists since the baroque era; the cello repertory (including chapters devoted to the concerto, the sonata, other solo repertory, and ensemble music); and its technique, teaching methods and relevant aspects of historical and performance practice. It is the most comprehensive book ever to be published about the instrument and provides essential information for performers, students and teachers.
List of illustrations
Notes on the contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations, fingering and notation
1. The cello
origins and evolution John Dilworth
2. The bow
its history and development John Dilworth
3. Cello acoustics Bernard Richardson
4. Masters of the Baroque and Classical eras Margaret Campbell
5. Nineteenth-century virtuosi Margaret Campbell
6. Masters of the twentieth century Margaret Campbell
7. The concerto Robin Stowell and David Wyn Jones
8. The sonata Robin Stowell
9. Other solo repertory Robin Stowell
10. Ensemble music
in the chamber and the orchestra Peter Allsop
11. Technique, style and performing practice to c. 1900 Valerie Walden
12. The development of cello teaching in the twentieth century R. Caroline Bosanquet
13. The frontiers of technique Frances-Marie Uitti
Appendix
principal pedagogical literature
Glossary of technical terms
Notes
Select bibliography
Index.