The Early History of the Viol

Contents

• List of illustrations
• Acknowledgements
• Abbreviations
• Introduction
• 1. The medieval viol
• 2. The Moorish rabab in Aragon
• 3. The vihuela de mano
• 4. The Valencian viol: its structure, playing techniques and music
• 5. The introduction of the viol into Italy
• 6. The viol in early sixteenth-century Germany
• 7. The structural development of the Italian viol in the sixteenth century
• 8. Italian viol tunings
• 9. Viol-playing techniques in sixteenth-century Italy
• 10. Music for solo viol in sixteenth-century Italy
• 11. The viol consort and its music in sixteenth-century Italy
• 12. The viol consort in late sixteenth-century Germany
• 13. The viol in France and the Low Countries
• 14. The viol in sixteenth-century England
• Conclusion
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index.