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- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- List of Illustrations ix
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgments xvii
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Part One: An Instrument or a Metaphor?
- 1 Associations with Death and the Devil 1
- 2 Violinists and Violins in Literature 36
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Part Two: Across the Centuries
- 3 The Violin in Italy during the Baroque Period 63
- 4 Bach and the Violin 95
- 5 Mozart, Beethoven, and the Violin 123
- 6 The Violin Concerto and Virtuosity in the Nineteenth Century 157
- 7 The Violin Concerto in the Twentieth Century 186
- 8 The Masters’ Voice: Recordings as Documentation of Performance Practice 214
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Part Three: Across the Continents
- 9 The Peripatetic Violin 241
- 10 The Devil’s Box No More: Fiddling in America 266
- List of Contributors 291
- Index 293
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- CONTENTS vii
- List of Illustrations ix
- Preface xi
- Acknowledgments xvii
-
Part One: An Instrument or a Metaphor?
- 1 Associations with Death and the Devil 1
- 2 Violinists and Violins in Literature 36
-
Part Two: Across the Centuries
- 3 The Violin in Italy during the Baroque Period 63
- 4 Bach and the Violin 95
- 5 Mozart, Beethoven, and the Violin 123
- 6 The Violin Concerto and Virtuosity in the Nineteenth Century 157
- 7 The Violin Concerto in the Twentieth Century 186
- 8 The Masters’ Voice: Recordings as Documentation of Performance Practice 214
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Part Three: Across the Continents
- 9 The Peripatetic Violin 241
- 10 The Devil’s Box No More: Fiddling in America 266
- List of Contributors 291
- Index 293