Violin Technique and Performance Practice in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries

Abstract

List of illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Fingering and notation Introduction 1. The development of the bow, the violin and its fittings 2. The posture of the player 3. Holding the violin 4. Holding the bow the fundamental bow stroke 5. Fundamental left-hand technique 6. Timbre and tone production 7. Double and multiple stopping 8. Bow strokes and their execution 9. Special effects 10. Pitch, tuning and intonation 11. General remarks on expression, performance and style 12. Phrasing and accentuation 13. Specific ornamentation (agrements du chant) 14. Improvisation Appendix Glossary of specific ornaments.