A New History of Violin Playing: The Vibrato and Lambert Massart's Revolutionary Discovery
, by Silvela, ZdenkoNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781581126679 | 1581126670
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 8/1/2001
Foreword | p. xii |
The Beginnings | |
General considerations | p. 15 |
The origins | p. 17 |
Grotesques (Verlaine, verses in French) | p. 18 |
Grotesques (translation into English) | p. 20 |
Main characteristics | p. 23 |
From the beginnings to the king of instruments | p. 26 |
The king of instruments | p. 30 |
The violin eras | p. 30 |
1) The Ancient Era | |
General considerations: jugglers versus musicals | p. 32 |
Non-existence and rejection of the vibrato | p. 33 |
The Ancient violinists | p. 33 |
1632 Lully | p. 33 |
1644 Biber | p. 37 |
1650 Walther | p. 38 |
1653 Corelli | p. 39 |
1658 Torelli | p. 42 |
1678 Vivaldi | p. 44 |
1684 Manfredini | p. 47 |
1685 Handel, Bach and Domenico Scarlatti | p. 47 |
1685 Handel | p. 47 |
1685 Bach | p. 47 |
1686 Somis | p. 48 |
1687 Geminiani and Pisendel | |
1687 Geminiani | p. 50 |
1687 Pisendel | p. 57 |
1690 Veracini | p. 58 |
1692 Tartini | p. 60 |
1695 Locatelli | p. 65 |
1697 Leclair | p. 65 |
1697 Quantz | p. 70 |
The German School | |
1709 Benda, founder of the German school | p. 70 |
The Benda school or the German school | p. 71 |
1731 Cannabich, Christian | p. 72 |
1739 Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von | p. 72 |
1751 Haack, Karl | p. 72 |
1767 Eck, Friederich J. | p. 72 |
1771 Cannabich, Carl | p. 72 |
1774 Eck, Franz | p. 73 |
1774 Moser, Karl | p. 73 |
1789 Maurer, Ludwig | p. 73 |
1801 Kalliwoda, Johann Wenzel | p. 73 |
The Ancient Era: Continuation | |
1714 Gluck | p. 74 |
1716 Bini and Giardini | |
1716 Bini | p. 76 |
1716 Giardini | p. 77 |
1717 Stamitz | p. 81 |
1719 Mozart, Leopold | p. 82 |
1722 Nardini | p. 83 |
1725 Lolli | p. 84 |
1727 L'Abbe le Fils | p. 85 |
1728 Gavinies | p. 87 |
1731 Pugnani | p. 93 |
1751 Campagnoli | p. 94 |
1755 Viotti | p. 94 |
Compilation and conclusions of the ancient era | p. 95 |
Graph of the ancient era | p. 97 |
The Romantic Era | |
General considerations | p. 98 |
The creation of the modern conservatories | p. 99 |
Importance and international role of the Conservatoire de Paris | p. 101 |
The Romantic violinists | |
1755 Viotti | p. 103 |
1766 Kreutzer | p. 108 |
1771 Baillot | p. 109 |
1774 Rode | p. 112 |
1782 Paganini. Introduction | p. 114 |
Paganini composer | p. 126 |
The international career | p. 126 |
The decline | p. 129 |
The Romantic Era (Continuation) | |
1784 Spohr | p. 132 |
1790 Lipinski | p. 133 |
1795 Boehm | p. 134 |
1800 Hellmesberger Sr | p. 135 |
1802 Beriot | p. 135 |
1810 Bull and David | |
1810 Bull | p. 138 |
1810 David | p. 140 |
The Rise of the Modern Era. The Great Revolution of the Vibrato | p. 142 |
The need to obtain a louder sound from the violin | p. 142 |
Main characteristics | p. 143 |
The coexistence of, and the struggle between, the Romantics and the Moderns | p. 144 |
Lambert Massart founder of the modern school | p. 146 |
The logical arguments | p. 146 |
The Liszt's letter | p. 146 |
The teachings of the Bible | p. 146 |
The original designation of the vibrato | p. 147 |
The documented evidence | p. 148 |
The manuscript letters to Massart | p. 148 |
Kreisler 1st letter (to tell of my successes that I only owe to you) | p. 150 |
Kreisler 2nd letter (That I consider you the founder of my talent) | p. 154 |
Massart as pedagogue | p. 157 |
1811 Massart | p. 158 |
His efforts to become a professor at the Conservatoire | p. 163 |
Massart 1st letter | p. 167 |
Massart 2nd letter | p. 171 |
Massart's long list of first prize laureates | p. 172 |
Continuation of Massart's study | p. 175 |
Decorations and honours | p. 177 |
His succession at the Conservatoire | p. 178 |
The end | p. 179 |
The Overlapping of Romantics and Moderns | p. 181 |
1814 Ernst (Romantic) | p. 182 |
1815 Alard (Romantic) | p. 184 |
1820 Vieuxtemps (Romantic) | p. 185 |
1828 Hellmesberger Jr. (Romantic) | p. 187 |
1831 Joachim (Romantic) | p. 187 |
1835 Wieniawski (Modern) | p. 192 |
1836 Monasterio (Romantic) | p. 193 |
1844 Sarasate (Romantic) | p. 197 |
Sarasate and Pamplona | p. 199 |
The end | p. 200 |
Decorations and honours | p. 202 |
1845 Auer (Romantic) | p. 203 |
1848 Marsick (Modern) | p. 207 |
1858 Hubay and Ysaye | |
1858 Hubay (50/50 Romantic, Modern) | p. 208 |
1858 Ysaye (Modern) | p. 209 |
Recapitulation of the Romantic era | p. 212 |
Graph of the Romantic era | p. 213 |
The Gramophone and the Globalisation of the Vibrato Era | p. 214 |
1873 Flesch | p. 215 |
1875 Kreisler | p. 217 |
Kreisler 3rd letter (The successes I had so far are but dwarfs compared with my future ones) | p. 220 |
Kreisler 4th letter (You know well my laziness, my idleness) | p. 225 |
1880 Thibaud | p. 230 |
1881 Enescu | p. 231 |
1887 Persinger | p. 232 |
1890 Zimbalist | p. 233 |
1891 Dushkin and Elman | |
1891 Dushkin | p. 234 |
1891 Elman | p. 235 |
1892 Szigeti | p. 236 |
The 20th Century | p. 238 |
The main entrance gates | p. 238 |
1900 Heifetz | p. 239 |
1902 Francescatti | p. 241 |
Decorations and honours | p. 242 |
1903 Galamian | p. 242 |
1904 Milstein | p. 245 |
1908 Oistrakh | p. 246 |
1916 Menuhin | p. 247 |
1918 Ricci | p. 249 |
1919 Neveu | p. 251 |
1920 Stern | p. 253 |
1921 Grumiaux | p. 254 |
1923 Hassid | p. 256 |
1929 Suk | p. 258 |
1941 Accardo | p. 258 |
1945 Perlman and Kantorow | |
1945 Perlman | p. 260 |
1945 Kantorow | p. 262 |
1947 Kremer | p. 262 |
1948 Chung and Zukerman | |
1948 Chung | p. 263 |
1948 Zukerman | p. 265 |
1960 Lin | p. 266 |
1963 Mutter | p. 267 |
1974 Vengerov | p. 269 |
Graph of the modern school | p. 271 |
Acknowledgements | p. 272 |
Sources Consulted | p. 274 |
Cassettes' Contents | p. 278 |
Index to Cassettes | p. 287 |
Date of Birth Index | p. 302 |
Index to Violinists with Their Date of Birth | p. 305 |
Encyclopaedia | p. 308 |
Index | p. 398 |
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