The Cambridge Companion to the Cello
The Cambridge Companion to the Cello
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This is a compact, composite and authoritative survey of the history and development of the cello from its origins to the present day. Its carefully structured series of thirteen essays deals with the history and construction of the cello and bow, discusses the careers of the most distinguished cellists through history, surveys the repertory of the instrument in unprecedented detail and reviews teaching methods, technical developments and issues of performance practice. It is the most comprehensive book ever to be published about the instrument.
- It incorporates research about many aspects of the cello, its history, repertory and pedagogy
- It assesses the ever-expanding repertory of the cello in unprecedented detail
- It rectifies the inaccuracies of the previously published literature about the cello
Product details
- Published: June 1999
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9780521629287
- Length: 288 pages
- Dimensions: 248 × 175 × 18 mm
- Weight: 0.484kg
- Contains: 48 b/w illus. 30 music examples
- Availability: Available
Table of Contents
- List of illustrations
- Notes on the contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations, fingering and notation
- 1. The cello: origins and evolution John Dilworth
- 2. The bow: its history and development John Dilworth
- 3. Cello acoustics Bernard Richardson
- 4. Masters of the Baroque and Classical eras Margaret Campbell
- 5. Nineteenth-century virtuosi Margaret Campbell
- 6. Masters of the twentieth century Margaret Campbell
- 7. The concerto Robin Stowell and David Wyn Jones
- 8. The sonata Robin Stowell
- 9. Other solo repertory Robin Stowell
- 10. Ensemble music: in the chamber and the orchestra Peter Allsop
- 11. Technique, style and performing practice to c. 1900 Valerie Walden
- 12. The development of cello teaching in the twentieth century R. Caroline Bosanquet
- 13. The frontiers of technique Frances-Marie Uitti
- Appendix: principal pedagogical literature
- Glossary of technical terms
- Notes
- Select bibliography
- Index.
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