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Life After Death: The Viola da Gamba in Britain from Purcell to Dolmetsch (Music in Britain, 1600-1900)
Life After Death The Viola da Gamba in Britain from Purcell to Dolmetsch - Music in Britain, 1600-1900
Author: Peter Holman
It is normally thought that the bass viol or viola da gamba dropped out of British musical life in the 1690s, and that Henry Purcell was the last composer to write for it. Peter Holman shows how the gamba changed its role and function in the Restoration period under the influence of foreign music and musicians; how it was played and composed for...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781843835745
ISBN-10: 1843835746
Publication Date: 11/18/2010
Pages: 368
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Publisher: Boydell Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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