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One Hundred Years of Violoncello: A History of Technique and Performance Practice, 1740 1840

by Valerie Walden

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Cello technique and performance practice across a century of change

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Cello technique and performance practice across a century of change

Valerie Walden charts the violoncello’s technical and stylistic development from the Baroque period into the early Romantic era, spanning 1740–1840. The study compares regional traditions in Italy, France, Germany, England, and Eastern Europe while drawing on period methods, music, instruments, correspondence, diaries, images, and publications. Coverage extends from cello and bow construction to fingering, bowing, ornamentation, special effects, accompaniment, and prominent soloists’ stylistic preferences. More than 300 musical examples, plates, and figures support a historically grounded reference designed to connect documentary research with practical approaches to performing period repertoire on the modern cello.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Cellists exploring historically informed performance of 18th- and early-19th-century repertoire
  • Music students and researchers studying string-instrument technique and performance practice
  • Players interested in regional European cello traditions and period sources

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Cello historyHistorical performance practiceBaroque and early Romantic musicBowing and fingering techniqueEuropean musical traditions

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Book overview

This is the first book to address the full range of performance issues for the cello from the Baroque to the early Romantic period. The development of playing techniques and stylistic transitions are traced regionally through a comparison of Italian, French, German, English, and East European performance traits. Through a close study of contemporary violoncello methods, music, early instruments, periodicals, diaries, letters and pictures, Walden provides a cohesive overview which examines construction methods for instruments and bows, fingering and bowing techniques, special effects and ornamentation, accompanying skills and the stylistic preferences of the most famous soloists. Richly illustrated with over 300 music examples, plates and figures, this book provides playing instructions which can easily be applied by modern players to their own performance of period music.
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