Author: Edmund S. J. van der Straeten
This comprehensive work first appeared in 1914. An unique and rare reference source for everyone interested in the 'Cello.
Illustrated with Portraits, Musical Examples, Facsimile Letters, Reproductions from Rare and Curious Paintings and Engravings.
Includes a detailed account of the history of the 'cello, its precursors and performers in Europe and is the result of the author's thirty years research into the subject.
Contents:
PART I.THE VIOLONCELLO FROM ITS ORIGIN TO 1800.
CHAPTER I - THE PRECURSORS OF THE VIOLONCELLO. CHAPTER II - THE VIOL DA GAMBA. CHAPTER III - THE VIOL DA GAMBA IN ITALY - THE VIOL DA GAMBA IN GERMANY. CHAPTER IV - THE VIOL DA GAMBA IN GERMANY (continued). CHAPTER V - THE VIOL DA GAMBA IN AUSTRIA. CHAPTER VI - THE VIOL DA GAMBA IN THE NETHERLANDS. CHAPTER VII - THE VIOL DA GAMBA IN FRANCE. CHAPTER VIII - THE VIOLA BASTARDA AND THE BARYTON. CHAPTER IX - THE VIOLONCELLO. CHAPTER X - THE VIOLONCELLO IN ITALY. CHAPTER XI - THE VIOLONCELLO IN ITALY DURING THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. CHAPTER XII - THE VIOLONCELLO IN GERMANY FROM THE SEVENTEENTH TO THE BEGINNING OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY - LIST OF VIOLONCELLISTS IN THE IMPERIAL CHAPEL, VIENNA. CHAPTER XIII - GERMAN VIOLONCELLISTS OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. CHAPTER XIV - POSITION OF THE VIOLONCELLO IN GERMANY AT THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. CHAPTER XV - THE VIOLONCELLO IN FRANCE. CHAPTER XVI - TRANSITION TO THE MODERN FRENCH SCHOOL. CHAPTER XVII - THE VIOLONCELLO IN ENGLAND. CHAPTER XVIII - THE VIOLONCELLO IN BOHEMIA. CHAPTER XIX - SUMMARY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VIOLONCELLO UP TO 1800. CHAPTER XX - THE PROGRESS OF THE VIOLONCELLO (continued).
PART II.THE VIOLONCELLO FROM 1800-1900.
CHAPTER XXI - THE VIOLONCELLO IN GERMANY DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. CHAPTER XXII - GERMAN VIOLONCELLISTS FROM 1820-40. CHAPTER XXIII - GERMAN VIOLONCELLISTS FROM 1810-50. CHAPTER XXIV - GERMAN VIOLONCELLISTS FROM 1850-60. CHAPTER XXV - GERMAN VIOLONCELLISTS FROM 1860-70. CHAPTER XXVI - THE VIOLONCELLO IN ENGLAND FROM 1800-1900. CHAPTER XXVII - FRANCE. CHAPTER XXVIII - THE VIOLONCELLO IN BELGIUM FROM THE END OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TO 1900. CHAPTER XXIX - THE VIOLONCELLO IN HOLLAND FROM THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TO 1900. CHAPTER XXX - THE VIOLONCELLO IN SWITZERLAND DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. CHAPTER XXXI - THE VIOLONCELLO IN ITALY FROM THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY TO 1900. CHAPTER XXXII - THE VIOLONCELLO IN SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. CHAPTER XXXIII - CZECHIAN VIOLONCELLISTS FROM 1800-1900 ...CHAPTER XXXIV - THE VIOLONCELLO IN HUNGARY FROM 1800-1900. CHAPTER XXXV - POLISH VIOLONCELLISTS OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY. CHAPTER XXXVI - THE VIOLONCELLO IN RUSSIA FROM 1700-1900. CHAPTER XXXVII - AMERICAN AND NEW ZEALAND VIOLONCELLISTS. CHAPTER XXXVIII - THE VIOLONCELLO IN SCANDINAVIA FROM 1800-1900. CHAPTER XXXIX - VARIOUS FORMS OF THE VIOLONCELLO.
