The History of the Violin, and Other Instruments Played on with the Bow from the Remotest Times to the Present

Also an Account of the Principal Makers, English and Foreign, with Numerous Illustrations
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-108-08009-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 414 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm

Reihe: Cambridge Library Collection - Music

Solicitor and antiquary William Sandys (1792–1874) had a lifelong passion for music and took cello lessons from the renowned Robert Lindley. His principal interest, however, was the Christmas carol, particularly the ballad carol; his meticulous collection of examples ensured the survival of many melodies that are now well known. Simon Andrew Forster (1801–70), of the London-based family of stringed instrument makers and music sellers, took on the Frith Street business in 1824, but is best known for this collaboration with Sandys. First published in 1864, it is an important treatise of its time, not only for its history of bowed instruments, its survey of the principal makers in Europe, and its details relating to well-known orchestral and virtuoso string players, but also for its first-hand information on the Forster family, listing all the numbered Forster instruments, with the name, in many instances, of the first purchaser.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sandys, William

Forster, Simon Andrew

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. The violin; 2. Egyptian instruments; 3. Fiddle; 4. The bow; 5. The viol in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; 6. Minstrels; 7. Viol in the fifteenth century; 8. Viol and violin in the sixteenth century; 9. Viols and violins in early musical dramas; 10. Viols and violins in English dramatic writers of seventeenth century; 11. Time of Charles II; 12. The eighteenth century; 13. Orchestras; 14. Nineteenth century; 15. Makers; 16. Makers in seventeenth century; 17. Stradiuarius; 18. Italian makers; 19. English makers, from Rayman to Betts; 20. English makers; 21. The Forster family; 22. William Forster (2); 23. The Forster family and school, continued; 24. English makers, continued; 25. The Banks family; 26. English makers, continued; 27. Recent English makers; Index.