Early history of the viol, the
Auteur :
Woodfield, Ian
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521357432
Date de publication :
21 avr. 1988
Dimensions :
24,5 x 16,9 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
461 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book traces the development of the viol from its late medieval Spanish origins to the sixteenth century, when it became the most widely played bowed instrument in western Europe. Ian Woodfield examines the two most important ancestors of the instrument, the Moorish rahab and the vihuela de mano.