In the nineteenth century, use of the violone, a bass instrument with many sizes and variations, was nearly eliminated from musical repertoires, and its traditi

This resource considers the Baroque cello's revival as part of the period instrument movement from the viewpoints of more than forty cellists from three generat

Evidence indicates that the concertos of Vivaldi, Bach, Haydn etc were performed as chamber music, not the full orchestral works commonly assumed. The concertos

String players face a bewildering array of terms related to their instruments. Because string playing is a living art form, passed directly from master to stude

This collection of essays by some of the leading scholars in the field looks at various aspects of musical life in eighteenth-century Britain. The significant r