Playing The Cello 1780 1930

Author : George Kennaway
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317079811

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Playing the Cello, 1780–1930 by George Kennaway Pdf

This innovative study of nineteenth-century cellists and cello playing shows how simple concepts of posture, technique and expression changed over time, while acknowledging that many different practices co-existed. By placing an awareness of this diversity at the centre of an historical narrative, George Kennaway has produced a unique cultural history of performance practices. In addition to drawing upon an unusually wide range of source materials - from instructional methods to poetry, novels and film - Kennaway acknowledges the instability and ambiguity of the data that supports historically informed performance. By examining nineteenth-century assumptions about the very nature of the cello itself, he demonstrates new ways of thinking about historical performance today. Kennaway’s treatment of tone quality and projection, and of posture, bow-strokes and fingering, is informed by his practical insights as a professional cellist and teacher. Vibrato and portamento are examined in the context of an increasing divergence between theory and practice, as seen in printed sources and heard in early cello recordings. Kennaway also explores differing nineteenth-century views of the cello’s gendered identity and the relevance of these cultural tropes to contemporary performance. By accepting the diversity and ambiguity of nineteenth-century sources, and by resisting oversimplified solutions, Kennaway has produced a nuanced performing history that will challenge and engage musicologists and performers alike.

Author : George Kennaway
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317079804

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Playing the Cello, 1780-1930 by George Kennaway Pdf

This innovative study of nineteenth-century cellists and cello playing shows how simple concepts of posture, technique and expression changed over time, while acknowledging that many different practices co-existed. By placing an awareness of this diversity at the centre of an historical narrative, George Kennaway has produced a unique cultural history of performance practices. In addition to drawing upon an unusually wide range of source materials - from instructional methods to poetry, novels and film - Kennaway acknowledges the instability and ambiguity of the data that supports historically informed performance. By examining nineteenth-century assumptions about the very nature of the cello itself, he demonstrates new ways of thinking about historical performance today. Kennaway’s treatment of tone quality and projection, and of posture, bow-strokes and fingering, is informed by his practical insights as a professional cellist and teacher. Vibrato and portamento are examined in the context of an increasing divergence between theory and practice, as seen in printed sources and heard in early cello recordings. Kennaway also explores differing nineteenth-century views of the cello’s gendered identity and the relevance of these cultural tropes to contemporary performance. By accepting the diversity and ambiguity of nineteenth-century sources, and by resisting oversimplified solutions, Kennaway has produced a nuanced performing history that will challenge and engage musicologists and performers alike.

Author : Dijana Ihas,Miranda Wilson,Gaelen McCormick
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2023-11-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781000970500

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Teaching Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass by Dijana Ihas,Miranda Wilson,Gaelen McCormick Pdf

Teaching Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass summarizes three centuries of string pedagogy treatises to create a comprehensive resource on methods and approaches to teaching all four bowed string instruments. Co-written by three performance and pedagogy experts, each specializing in different string instruments, this book is applicable to all levels of instruction. Essays on historical pedagogues are clearly structured to allow for easy comprehension of their philosophies, pedagogical practices, and unique contributions. This book concludes with a section on application through comparative analysis of the historical methods and approaches. With coverage from the eighteenth century to the present, this book will be invaluable for teachers and students of string pedagogy and general readers who wish to learn more about string pedagogy’s rich history, diverse content, and modern developments.

Author : Louis Potter
Publisher : Alfred Music Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Music
ISBN : 0874870712

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The Art of Cello Playing by Louis Potter Pdf

The author's stated purpose in writing The Art of Cello Playing is 'to present a progressive sequence of commentary and material as a basis for acquiring a sound technical foundation and basic playing competence to prepare the player for exploring the rich solo, orchestral, and chamber music literature of the instrument.' To that end he has produced a comprehensive textbook and reference manual on beginning to advanced cello technique with emphasis on the vital beginning foundation. Louis Potter Jr., is particularly well qualified to make this contribution from his wide experience in teaching both classes and individuals at Michigan State University and at National Music Camp, Interlochen, Michigan.

Author : David Milsom
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781783275274

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Romantic Violin Performing Practices by David Milsom Pdf

What are the key topics that define Romantic violin playing?

Author : Gabrielle Kaufman
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317130963

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Gaspar Cassadó by Gabrielle Kaufman Pdf

Barcelonian Gaspar Cassadó (1897-1966) was one of the greatest cello virtuosi of the twentieth century and a notable composer and arranger, leaving a vast and heterogeneous legacy. In this book, Gabrielle Kaufman provides the first full-length scholarly work dedicated to Cassadó, containing the results of seven years of research into his life and legacy, after following the cellist’s steps through Spain, France, Italy and Japan. The study presents in-depth descriptions of the three main parts of Cassadó’s creative output: composition, transcription and performance, especially focusing on Cassadó’s plural and multi-facetted creativity, which is examined from both cultural and historical perspectives. Cassadó’s role within the evolution of twentieth-century cello performance is thoroughly examined, including a discussion regarding the musical and technical aspects of performing Cassadó’s works, aimed directly at performers. The study presents the first attempt at a comprehensive catalogue of Cassadó’s works, both original and transcribed, as well as his recordings, using a number of new archival sources and testimonies. In addition, the composer’s significance within Spanish twentieth-century music is treated in detail through a number of case studies, sustained by examples from recovered score manuscripts. Illuminated by extraordinary source material Gaspar Cassadó: Cellist, Composer and Transcriber expands and deepens our knowledge of this complex figure, and will be of crucial importance to students and scholars in the fields of Performance Practice and Spanish Music, as well as to professional cellists and advanced cello students.

Author : Vesa Kurkela,Markus Mantere
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-09
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317157205

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Critical Music Historiography: Probing Canons, Ideologies and Institutions by Vesa Kurkela,Markus Mantere Pdf

During the past two decades, there has emerged a growing need to reconsider the objects, axioms and perspectives of writing music history. A certain suspicion towards Francois Lyotard’s grand narratives, as a sign of what he diagnosed as our ’postmodern condition’, has become more or less an established and unquestioned point of departure among historians. This suspicion, at its most extreme, has led to a radical conclusion of the ’end of history’ in the work of postmodern scholars such as Jean Baudrillard and Francis Fukuyama. The contributors to Critical Music Historiography take a step back and argue that the radical view of the ’impossibility of history’, as well as the unavoidable ideology of any history, are counter-productive points of departure for historical scholarship. It is argued that metanarratives in history are still possible and welcome, even if their limitations are acknowledged. Foucault, Lyotard and others should be taken into account but systematized viewpoints and methods for a more critical and multi-faceted re-evaluation of the past through research are needed. As to the metanarratives of music history, they must avoid the pitfalls of evolutionism, hagiography, and teleology, all hallmarks of traditional historiography. In this volume the contributors put these methods and principles into practice. The chapters tackle under-researched and non-conventional domains of music history as well as rethinking older historiographical concepts such as orientalism and nationalism, and consequently introduce new concepts such as occidentalism and transnationalism. The volume is a challenging collection of work that stakes out a unique territory for itself among the growing body of work on critical music history.

Author : George Kennaway
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Musicians
ISBN : 9781783276417

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John Gunn by George Kennaway Pdf

Examines the life and work of Scottish cellist and antiquarian John Gunn (1766-1824) through newly discovered sources.The Scottish cellist and antiquarian John Gunn (1766-1824) is unique among British writers on music in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Learned and practical, at home in classical and modern languages, knowledgeable in a wide range of musical topics and with even wider-ranging interests, and committed to the ideal of progress through rational thought, he typified the Enlightenment. His published output was large and diverse: a cello treatise in two quite different editions; two books on the flute and one on the piano; a treatise on figured bass; a history of the harp in the Highlands; and a translation of a French work of music theory. The list of his unrealised publications is even longer, including a proof of the oriental origins of the Scots. He married Anne Young, a well-known Edinburgh piano teacher, and his letters cast new light on the circumstances and date of her death. Taking account of Gunn's diverse experiences as a musician-scholar in Cambridge, London and Edinburgh, studying his sundry occupations, and exploring his social connections through a recently unearthed cache of his letters, this study moves away from 'treatise archaeology' and offers a broader view than is usually possible with such figures. The book will be of interest to those studying historical performance practice, music education in Enlightenment Britain, and the dissemination of Enlightenment thought.h. Taking account of Gunn's diverse experiences as a musician-scholar in Cambridge, London and Edinburgh, studying his sundry occupations, and exploring his social connections through a recently unearthed cache of his letters, this study moves away from 'treatise archaeology' and offers a broader view than is usually possible with such figures. The book will be of interest to those studying historical performance practice, music education in Enlightenment Britain, and the dissemination of Enlightenment thought.h. Taking account of Gunn's diverse experiences as a musician-scholar in Cambridge, London and Edinburgh, studying his sundry occupations, and exploring his social connections through a recently unearthed cache of his letters, this study moves away from 'treatise archaeology' and offers a broader view than is usually possible with such figures. The book will be of interest to those studying historical performance practice, music education in Enlightenment Britain, and the dissemination of Enlightenment thought.h. Taking account of Gunn's diverse experiences as a musician-scholar in Cambridge, London and Edinburgh, studying his sundry occupations, and exploring his social connections through a recently unearthed cache of his letters, this study moves away from 'treatise archaeology' and offers a broader view than is usually possible with such figures. The book will be of interest to those studying historical performance practice, music education in Enlightenment Britain, and the dissemination of Enlightenment thought.thought.

Author : Nicolas Slonimsky
Publisher : New York : Schirmer Books
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0028655257

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Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians by Nicolas Slonimsky Pdf

This 6-volume set of Bakers covers all musical genres, with entries written by a distinguished group of area specialists as well as the original articles of Nicolas Slonimsky. More than 15, 000 biographies span the medieval ages to the present.This work continues the tradition of offering the most comprehensive and authoritative information on the musicians, along with interesting and insightful evaluations of their contributions to the musical world. Bakers remains the most affordable, comprehensive and readable of all music reference works, providing everyone from the student to scholar a one-stop resource for all their music biographical needs. Some of the artists featured include: Louis Armstrong Johann Sebastian Bach The Beatles Ludwig van Beethoven James Brown John Cage Maria Callas Johnny Cash Miles Davis Claude Debussy Marvin Gaye Philip Glass George Frideric Handel Charlie Parker Luciano Pavarotti Arturo Toscanini Tom Waits And many more

Author : Valerie Walden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2004-08-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521607612

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One Hundred Years of Violoncello by Valerie Walden Pdf

The first book to address the full range of performance issues for the violoncello from the Baroque to the early Romantic period. Richly illustrated with over 300 music examples, plates and figures, this book provides playing instructions which can easily be applied by modern players to their own performance of period music.

Author : Rose Arny
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1308 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015033709414

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Forthcoming Books by Rose Arny Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 902 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Bowed stringed instruments
ISBN : UOM:39015009770010

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The Strad by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 656 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Canada
ISBN : STANFORD:36105133520721

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America, History and Life by Anonim Pdf

Article abstracts and citations of reviews and dissertations covering the United States and Canada.

Author : Theodore Baker,Nicolas Slonimsky
Publisher : New York : Schirmer Books
Page : 1992 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1978
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : MINN:31951001409289I

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Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians by Theodore Baker,Nicolas Slonimsky Pdf

Brief biographies also include bibliographical information and some lists of compositions.

Author : Stanley Sadie,John Tyrrell
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 992 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:49015002901909

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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians by Stanley Sadie,John Tyrrell Pdf