From Vivaldi to Viotti : a history of the early classical violin concerto / Chappell White.

Author/creator White, Chappell
Format Book
Publication InfoPhiladelphia : Gordon and Breach, ©1992.
Descriptionxxviii, 375 pages : illustrations, music, facsimiles ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741.
Viotti, Giovanni Battista, 1755-1824.
Concertos (Violin with string orchestra)--18th century. --History and criticism.
Concertos (Violin)--18th century. --History and criticism.

SeriesMusicology ; v. 11
Musicology (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 11. ^A174694
Contents Part I: Background and history -- The background -- The violin concerto in musical life -- The view of the concerto in the late eighteenth century -- Matters of sonority and texture -- Matters of form -- Part II: The composers and the concertos -- Italians, c. 1740-c. 1770 -- Germans, Bohemians and Austrians, c. 1745 to c. 1770 -- The French in the 1760s, 1770s and early 1780s -- Italians in the 1770s and early 1780s -- Germans, Bohemians and Austrians in the 1770s and early 1780s -- Other nationalities in the 1770s and early 1780s -- Part III: Viotti -- Giovanni Barrista Viotti.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 351-361) and index.
LCCN 91008775
ISBN2881244955

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML1263 .W53 1992 ✔ Available Place Hold