Style and Performance for Bowed String Instruments in French Baroque Music
- Author: Cyr, Mary
Book
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Contents
- Part I Sources and Style in French Baroque Music
- Chapter 1 Historical Context, Musical Works, and Performance
- Chapter 2 French and Italian Musical Style: The Great Divide
- Part II Bowed String Instruments in French Ensembles
- Chapter 3 Strings in French Ensembles
- Chapter 4 Bass Instruments of the Violin and Viol Families in Solo and Ensemble Roles
- Part III Interpretation and Style in French Music for String Players
- Chapter 5 Articulation
- Chapter 6 Tempo, Character, and Inequality
- Chapter 7 Ornamentation and Special Effects
- Chapter 8 Basse Continue, Pitch, and Temperament
- Part IV Composer Profiles
- Chapter 9 Marin Marais: Viol Player, Composer, and Teacher extraordinaire
- Chapter 10 Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre's Violin Sonatas: What the Sources Do (and Do Not) Tell Us
- Chapter 11 Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Virtuoso French Cellist and Composer
- Chapter 12 Forqueray's Pieces de viole avec la Basse Continuë: Authorship and Performance Issues