Italian Violin Music of the Seventeenth Century

by Willi Apel, Thomas Binkley (Editor)

Discusses various surviving printed works from the seventeenth century that are intended for the violin. This book describes the music of some sixty Italian composers of this period and details the individual innovative aspects of the pieces, their form, and issues of performance practice. It is intended as a reference source.

Genres: Music

320 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1990

About the author

Apel studied mathematics at the Universities of Bonn and Munich and the University of Berlin. Although pursuing mathematical studies, Apel continued to stud piano and gave music lessons.

Apel became a renowned musicologist and became a professor of musicology at Indiana University in 1950. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the university in 1972.

He died in Bloomington, Indiana in March 1988.

Reviews

[Allen Garvin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fairly comprehensive review of early to mid Italian baroque violin music from printed sources, with musical examples. I like the citations and references to the the original sources, as well as the catalog of all sources for each composer--a nice guide of what to buy next from omifacsimiles.com. I do wonder about what has survived in manuscript, though, and that isn't discussed at all.