The Baroque Violin & Viola: A Fifty-Lesson Course

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In the early seventeenth century, enthusiasm for the violin swept across Europe--this was an instrument capable of bewitching virtuosity, with the power to express emotions in a way only before achieved with the human voice. With this new guide to the Baroque violin, and its close cousin, the Baroque viola, distinguished performer and pedagogue Walter Reiter puts this power into the hands of today's players. Through fifty lessons based on the Reiter's own highly-renowned course at The Royal Conservatory of the Hague, The Baroque Violin & Viola, Volume II provides a comprehensive exploration of the period's rich and varied repertoire. The lessons in Volume II cover the early seventeenth-century Italian sonata, music of the French Baroque, the Galant style, and the sonatas of composers like Schmelzer, Biber, and Bach. Practical exercises are integrated into each lesson, and accompanied by rich video demonstrations on the book's companion website. Brought to life by Reiter's deep insight into key repertoire based on a lifetime of playing and teaching, The Baroque Violin & Viola: A Fifty-Lesson Course, , Volume II will enhance performances of professional and amateur musicians alike. Dedication Contents Foreword Inspirational quotes Questions and Answers About the Companion Website Acknowledgments Part III: Approaching the Early Seventeenth-Century Italian Sonata Lesson 24 Stepping Back in Time: Division Manuals 1535– 1624. Ornamentation, Module Two A Florentine Interlude. Toward “The New Music”: From Plato to Caccini Lesson 25 “The Noble Manner of Singing”: Caccini’s Le nuove musiche (1602) Lesson 26 A Lesson from Francesco Rognoni Taeggio: Applying Vocal Technique to the Violin Lesson 27 Giovanni Battista Fontana (1589 (?)–1630) Sonata Terza Lesson 28 Dario Castello: Sonata Prima, A Sopran Solo Lesson 28 Dario Castello: Sonata Prima, A Sopran Solo Lesson 29 Giovanni Antonio Pandolfi Mealli: Sonata Quarta, op. 4, no. 4, La Biancuccia A Roman Interlude: Transforming Visual Gestures into Sound Lesson 30 Ornamenting Corelli: Module Three including Tables of Ornaments Derived from the Sonatas of Corelli and Babell Part IV: Church Militant: The Sonatas of Schmelzer and Biber Lesson 31 Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (c. 1620– 1680): Sonata Quarta from Sonatae unarum fidium (1664) Lesson 32 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: The Mystery Sonatas. Sonatano. 1: The Annunciation Lesson 33 Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: The Mystery Sonatas. Sonatano. 10: The Crucifixion Part V: Supreme Refinement of the Human Spirit: François Couperin and the Music of France Interlude in Versailles: Approaching the Music of the French Baroque Lesson 34 The “Concerts” of François Couperin: Ornamentation, Module Four Lesson 35 To Soothe the Sorrows of a King. François Couperin: Septiéme Concert (I) Lesson 36 François Couperin: Septiéme Concert (II) Lesson 37 François Couperin: Septiéme Concert (III) Part VI: Approaching the Galant Lesson 38 Beyond “Beautiful”: Searching for Meaning in Music Lesson 39 Into the Galant: Tartini, Telemann, Quantz, and Zuccari: Ornamentation, Module Five Part VII: J. S. Bach Lesson 40 A Brief History of Baroque Romanticism: Bach’s Sei Solo Lesson 41 Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata I, BWV 1001, Adagio Lesson 42 Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata I, BWV 1001, Fuga Lesson 43 Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata I, BWV 1001, Siciliana Lesson 44 Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata I, BWV 1001, Presto Lesson 45 Intonation in Bach’s Sei Solo Lesson 46 Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita III in E Major, BWV 1006, Preludio Interlude: Bach and the Influence of French Culture in the German Lands Lesson 47 Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita III in E Major, BWV 1006, Loure Lesson 48 Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita III in E Major, BWV 1006, Gavotte en Rondeaux Lesson 49 Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita III in E Major, BWV 1006, Minuets I and II Lesson 50 Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita III in E Major, BWV 1006, Bourée and Gigue Bibliography Index