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The Sound of Tartini: Instruments and Performing Practices in His Time
The Sound of Tartini: Instruments and Performing Practices in His Time
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This third volume of the series ‘Giuseppe Tartini and the Musical Culture of the Enlightenment’ aims to investigate various aspects of the musical world surrounding Tartini. It primarily focuses on the analysis of the evidence related to instrument making and sound research associated with Tartini and his circle; it then considers the personalities of his fellow musicians and examines information on performances in the chapel of the Basilica del Santo in Padua. Finally, it concludes with investigations into Tartini’s influence on later musicians and aspects of performance practices.
Contents
- List of Contributors 7
- Preface 9
- Introduction: The Tartini Moment 13
- The Production of Sound: Instruments and Bows in Tartini’s Time
- Donatella Melini
- String Instrument Bows in the Arts at the Time of Tartini 27
- Johannes Loescher
- Violin Making during Tartini’s Working Life 43
- Antonino Airenti
- The Tartini "Sound" through the Relics 53
- The Sound Environment at the Basilica del Santo di Padova: Colleagues and Orchestra
- Marc Vanscheeuwijck
- Antonio Vandini: Tartini’s Cellist, Colleague and Friend 65
- Alfredo Bernardini
- Matteo Bissoli, Tartini’s Oboist Colleague 79
- Domen Marinčič
- Tartini’s Music Performed without Chordal Continuo 91
- Tartini’s Sound Legacy: Stylistic Influences, Interpretation and Performing Practice
- Federica Nuvoli
- Giuseppe Tartini and Domenico Dall’Oglio: Their Violin Practice Compared 115
- Federico Gon
- Haydn and bariolage: An Italian Affair? 127
- Dario Marušić
- Folk Fiddling in Istria 143
- Index of Names 149
