A history of the baryton and its music : king of instruments, instrument of kings / Carol A. Gartrell.
| Author/creator | Gartrell, Carol A., 1952- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Lanham, MD : Scarecrow Press, 2009. |
| Description | xxii, 281 pages : illustrations, music ; 29 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The determining characteristics of the baryton. Toward a definition of the baryton ; The baroque baryton ; The classical baryton and the cellyton -- The origins of the baryton. Sympathetic strings, coupled vibration, or more? ; Walter Rowe and the origins of the baryton ; England and the origins of the baryton. The case for Daniel Farrant ; The case for Arthur Gregory ; The case for John Price -- Who, then, invented the baryton? ; The baroque baryton as a fusion of the bass viol and bandora. The case for John Rose ; The bass viol, the bandora, and the mixed consort -- The verdict -- The rise of the solo, self-accompanying baryton ; The English influence on music of the northern European courts ; Music of the solo, self-accompanying baryton. The St. Petersburg Swan manuscript ; The Kassel baryton manuscript collection ; The J. G. Krause partitas -- A versatile, transferable, entabulated repertory ; The tuning of the solo, self-accompanying baryton ; Baryton composers: a shared repertory ; Composer-performers and disseminators -- Recreating a lost tradition: playing the baryton. The seventeenth-century ear: finding the sound of the baroque baryton ; Reconstructing the playing technique ; Developing the skills to play the baroque baryton: case study by Terence Pamplin ; Playing the third manual -- Gottfried Finger and the baryton. The early years ; The finger chronicle ; Finger, the baryton, and the Sunching manuscript ; Finger as barytonist ; Gottfried Finger, the transitional figure -- The baryton at the Vienna Hofkapelle. The musical tradition of the Habsburg dynasty ; The viol at the Habsburg court ; The emergence of the baryton at the court of Leopold I ; Barytonists at the Vienna Hofkapelle ; A continuing tradition of emperors as musicians and patrons. Attilio Ariosti ; Obbligato instruments and the Italian style ; Francesco Conti ; Johann Joseph Fux ; Antonio Berti ; Baryton instruments at the court ; Eclipse of the baryton -- The classical baryton at the court of Nicholas Esterházy. Rights of succession ; Maria Theresa as musician and patron ; Music in the principalities: Esterhaza ; Prince Nicholas Esterhazy, Haydn, and the baryton ; Composers for, and performers on, the baryton ; Haydn's early works for the baryton ; The diversification of the baryton repertoire. The baryton divertimenti of Luigi Tomasini ; The baryton divertimenti of Anton Neumann ; The baryton divertimenti of Joseph Burgksteiner -- The prince and the Haydn the barytonist ; The barytonists of Esterhaza ; Yet more music for baryton? ; Haydn's late baryton works ; The demise of the classical baryton -- A continuing tradition of baryton playing. Joseph Fiala: serf to virtuoso ; Fiala and the baryton tradition ; The Schlagl and Ahlgrimm Fiala collections -- The final flowering of the baryton. Out of Esterhaza: the baryton after 1775. Lidl the Great ; Anton Frank and the king of instruments ; Karl Franz: virtuoso extraordinare -- Characters on the periphery of Esterhaza. Hammer and Fiala ; Maria Therese and the baryton ; Vincenzo Hauschka, the last barytonist ; Ludwig Friedel and the Tielke baryton -- The baryton through contemporary eyes -- Quietus and Renaissance. The essence of the baroque baryton ; The essence of the classical baryton ; Revival ; Rebirth ; A lasting renaissance -- The museum. Gallery 1: Inventory of antique barytons ; Gallery 2: Inventory of extant baryton manuscripts. |
| Abstract | The baryton is a unique string instrument that yields both bowed melody and plucked accompaniment simultaneously. It emerged in the Baroque era as a solo, self-accompanying viol and was later adapted as a virtuoso melodic instrument to enhance the dramatic arias of the day. This book is the only reference available on this intriguing instrument. It presents a detailed history of the baryton, guidance on playing technique, information on its design and manufacture, descriptions and photos of extant instruments, and a repertoire of unpublished music. The author details the origins and development of the baryton through the instruments that have survived and provides a unique collection of music representing different styles and genres. In addition to a bibliography and an index, the book includes two galleries containing detailed descriptions of instruments and more than 20 photographs, as well as manuscripts and a representative selection of complete transcriptions, illustrating the range and variety of baryton music and providing musicians with previously unpublished music. Complete with a selected discography of baryton recordings, this book is an interesting and necessary resource for the musicologist and performer. |
| Bibliography note | Includes discography (pages 265-266), bibliographical references (pages 267-271), and index. |
| LCCN | 2009005249 |
| ISBN | 9780810869172 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0810869179 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Music | Music Stacks | ML927.B37 G37 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |