TY - BOOK ID - 33943766 TI - The Cambridge Companion to the violin PY - 1992 VL - [5] SN - 9780521390330 0521390338 9780521399234 0521399238 0521390336 9781139002097 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Violin music KW - Historyand criticism KW - Music KW - violen KW - instrumentenleer KW - muziekgeschiedenis KW - History and criticism KW - Violin KW - Fiddle KW - Bowed stringed instruments KW - 518 KW - Instrumentenkunde: overige instrumenten KW - Organologie KW - Violon KW - Violon, Musique de KW - Histoire et critique KW - Violin music - Historyand criticism UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:33943766 AB - The Cambridge Companion to the Violin offers students, performers, and scholars a fascinating and composite survey of the history and repertory of the instrument from its origins to the present day. The volume comprises fifteen essays, written by a team of specialists, and is intended to develop the violin's historical perspective in breadth and from every relevant angle. The principal subjects discussed include the instrument's structure and development; its fundamental acoustical properties; principal exponents; technique and teaching principles; solo and ensemble repertory; pedagogical literature; traditions in folk music and jazz; and aspects of historical performing practice. The text is supported by numerous illustrations and diagrams as well as music examples, a useful appendix, glossary of technical terms, and an extensive bibliography ER -