The History Of The Violin: Its Ancestors And Collateral Instruments From Earliest Times: 2 Volumes book by E. van der Straeten

E. van der Straeten

Published by DA CAPO PRESS, 1968

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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice older book in good condition. Some tanning wear and marking due to age. 2 Volumes. Year 1968. Hardcover. English. See images for condition. About the book >.>.> An exhaustive work of scholarship, interpreta-tion, and authoritative opinion, van der Strae-ten's book is the definitive history of the violin. It outlines in detail the step-by-step evolution of the instrument from the Egyptian kithara to the Italian viola, and cites the musical climates, craftsmen, and performers responsible for initi-ating changes or perpetuating traditions in the course of its development through the early twentieth century. During his lifetime, Edmund van der Straeten was closely associated with the revival of viols and ancient chamber music, both as a player and as a lecturer. Before his death in 1934 he had published handbooks on violin playing, as well as music histories, and had written compositions ranging from solos for cello and violin to a Christmas cantata and an unpublished opera. This Da Capo Press reprint of The History of the Violin makes available once again the studies of an accomplished teacher, theoretician, scholar, and performer, and.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The History Of The Violin: Its Ancestors And Collateral Instruments From Earliest Times: 2 Volumes book by E. van der Straeten
• Publisher: DA CAPO PRESS
• Publication Date: 1968
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
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