Style and performance for bowed string instruments in French baroque music / Mary Cyr.

Author/creator Cyr, Mary
Format Electronic
Publication InfoFarnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate,
Descriptionxxi, 256 p. : ill., music ; 25 cm.
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Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [227]-250) and index.
Bibliography noteSources and style in French baroque music. Historical context, musical works, and performance ; French and Italian musical style : the great divide -- Bowed string instruments in French ensembles. Strings in French ensembles ; Bass instruments of the violin and viol families in solo and ensemble roles -- Interpretation and style in French music for string players. Articulation ; Tempo, character, and inequality ; Ornamentation and special effects ; Basse continue, pitch, and temperament -- Composer profiles. Marin Marais : viol player, composer, and teacher extraordinaire ; Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre's violin sonatas : what the sources do (and do not) tell us ; Jean-Baptiste Barrière, virtuoso French cellist and composer ; Forqueray's Pieces de viole avec la basse continue : authorship and performance issues.
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LCCN 2011035399
ISBN9781409405696 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1409405699 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9781409442349 (ebk.)
ISBN1409442349 (ebk.)

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