The British Violin
Author | : British Violin Making Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Violin |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : British Violin Making Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 424 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Violin |
ISBN | : |
Author | : M. Meredith Morris |
Publisher | : Pelican Publishing |
Total Pages | : 410 |
Release | : 2006-04-30 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781455601554 |
This adaptable instrument's origins date back centuries. Celtic legends amuse us with mystical stories describing the creation of stringed music, but practical history recounts that the modern birth of the violin occurred in Italy as early as the sixteenth century. The skilled craft of hand production was renowned in France as well, but it is the British classic type and its history that W. Meredith Morris writes about in British Violin Makers . This classic, comprehensive reference to violin making, reprinted in 1920, features a biographical dictionary of craftsmen, along with many of their signatures and marks. Twenty-six photographs of selected makers and their instruments help place the contemporary reader in the style of the period. Reverend Morris's second editionimproves upon the first 1904 edition by adding more than 150 names to the list of makers who produced six violins or more. A new foreword by music scholar Benjamin Hebbert explains the important role British violin makers played in the development of the instrument. From Morris's narrative, one gets a feel for the importance of the craftsman and his materials. He explains the various types of wood and varnish used, and how they, along with the arch and contour, work together to produce a specific tone. Speaking with fervor, the way a wine connoisseur does when describing a certain vintage, Morris compares and contrasts the quality of British instruments to that of other nations.
Author | : William Meredith Morris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Violin |
ISBN | : |
Author | : William Meredith Morris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1904 |
Genre | : Violin |
ISBN | : |
Author | : William Meredith Morris |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1920 |
Genre | : Violin |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Brian W. Harvey |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 558 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : |
In this book, Harvey explains in detail the history of violin-making in Britain, from one of the earliest extant English instruments made of iron by John Bunyan in about 1647, to the extensive British craft industry of today, including within his book a comprehensive directory of violin-and-bow-makers of the British Isles, with auction prices. The book includes numerous high-quality color and monochrome illustrations, including samples of the work of the major craftesmen involved. The book is also a social and economic history of stringed instruments, showing how in England in particular the violin was slow to win acceptance by association with gypsies and the devil, and how the cello became the instrument favoured by royalty and the aristocracy. The demand for instruments at any particular time is gauged against musical activity in the country.
Author | : Charles Beare |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Bowed stringed instruments |
ISBN | : 9780951939703 |
Author | : David Rattray |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : Bowed stringed instruments |
ISBN | : |
Author | : M. Meredith Morris |
Publisher | : Pelican Publishing |
Total Pages | : 404 |
Release | : 2006-04-30 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781455601554 |
This adaptable instrument's origins date back centuries. Celtic legends amuse us with mystical stories describing the creation of stringed music, but practical history recounts that the modern birth of the violin occurred in Italy as early as the sixteenth century. The skilled craft of hand production was renowned in France as well, but it is the British classic type and its history that W. Meredith Morris writes about in British Violin Makers . This classic, comprehensive reference to violin making, reprinted in 1920, features a biographical dictionary of craftsmen, along with many of their signatures and marks. Twenty-six photographs of selected makers and their instruments help place the contemporary reader in the style of the period. Reverend Morris's second editionimproves upon the first 1904 edition by adding more than 150 names to the list of makers who produced six violins or more. A new foreword by music scholar Benjamin Hebbert explains the important role British violin makers played in the development of the instrument. From Morris's narrative, one gets a feel for the importance of the craftsman and his materials. He explains the various types of wood and varnish used, and how they, along with the arch and contour, work together to produce a specific tone. Speaking with fervor, the way a wine connoisseur does when describing a certain vintage, Morris compares and contrasts the quality of British instruments to that of other nations.
Author | : British Violin Making Association |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 40 |
Release | : 1998* |
Genre | : Violin |
ISBN | : |