The violin. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Robert Riggs.
• Editors: Riggs, Robert, 1946-
• Contents: An instrument or a metaphor? -- Associations with death and the devil / Robert Riggs -- Violinists and violins in literature / Robert Riggs -- Across the centuries -- The violin in Italy during the baroque period / Peter Walls -- Bach and the violin / Peter Wollny -- Mozart, Beethoven, and the violin / Robert Riggs -- The violin concerto and virtuosity in the nineteenth century / Robert Riggs -- The violin concerto in the twentieth century / Robert Riggs -- The masters' voice: recordings as documentation of performance practice / Eitan Ornoy -- Across the continents -- The peripatetic violin / Chris Goertzen -- The devil's box no more: fiddling in America / Chris Goertzen.
• Publisher Details: Rochester : University of Rochester Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 787.2; Violin -- History; Violin; MUSIC / Musical Instruments / Strings; Instrumentalspiel; Musikalische Ikonographie; Violine; Violinmusik; Virtuosität; Violinspiel; History; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781782048527; 1782048529; 9781782048978; 1782048979
• Related ISBNs: 9781580465069; 1580465064
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.