The Viola d'Amore
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The Viola d'Amore

Its History and Development

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The Viola d'Amore

Its History and Development

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This book provides the first scholarly history of the viola d'amore, a popular bowed string instrument of the Baroque era, with a unique tone produced by a set of metal sympathetic strings. Composers like Bach made use of the viola d'amore for its particular sound, but the instrument subsequently fell out of fashion amid orchestral standardisation, only to see a revival as interest in early music and historical performance grew.

Drawing on literary accounts, iconography, and surviving instruments, this study examines the origins and development of this eye-catching string instrument in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It explores the rich variation of designs displayed in extant viola d'amore specimens, both as originally constructed and as a result of conversion and repair. The viola d'amore is then set into the wider context of Elizabethan England's development of instruments with wire strings, and its legacy in the form of the baryton which emerged in the early seventeenth century, followed by a look at the viola d'amore's own nomenclatorial and organological influence. The book closes with a discussion of the viola d'amore's revival, and its use and manufacture today. Offering insights for organological research and historical performance practice, this study enhances our knowledge of both the viola d'amore and its wider family of instruments.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2020
ISBN
9780429783654
Edition
1
Topic
Art
Subtopic
History of Art

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. List of figures
  8. List of tables
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Notes to the reader
  11. 1. An obsolete instrument of the viol tribe: The viola d’amore
  12. 2. For its swetenesse & novelty: The wire-strung viola d’amore
  13. 3. Especially charming in the stillness of the evening: The sympathetically-strung viola d’amore
  14. 4. La Viole d’amour est ordinairement montée de 6. ou de 7. cordes: Design and development of the viola d’amore
  15. 5. A dolefull & straunge noyse of violles, Cythren, Bandurion: The context of the viola d’amore
  16. 6. Une masse de violes d’amour chantant une belle prière: The viola d’amore’s revival
  17. Appendix: Select Instrument Examinations
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index