Violin tone and violin makers by Hidalgo Moya and Towry Piper

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71706.html.images 477 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71706.epub3.images 429 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71706.epub.images 436 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71706.epub.noimages 316 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71706.kf8.images 466 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71706.kindle.images 414 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71706.txt.utf-8 415 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/71706/pg71706-h.zip 411 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Moya, Hidalgo
Author Piper, Towry
LoC No. 18021551
Title Violin tone and violin makers
Original Publication London: Chatto & Windus, 1916.
Credits Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)
Summary "Violin Tone and Violin Makers" by Hidalgo Moya and Towry Piper is a comprehensive treatise on the characteristics and evaluation of violin tone, written in the early 20th century. The publication discusses the evolution and importance of tone in violins, with a significant focus on both historical and contemporary makers, examining their contributions to the craft. The book aims to clarify the often-confused relationship between a violin's construction, its tonal qualities, and the marketplace dynamics regarding collectibles versus functional instruments. At the start of the work, the authors set the stage for the importance of tone in the violinist's experience, arguing against the prevailing curio-collector mindset that overlooks tonal quality. The introduction addresses the challenges players face in discerning a violin's tone, especially given the influence of the curio market, which often prioritizes the age and maker of an instrument over its sound. They emphasize that while many players focus on tone, their options are often constrained by misleading valuation systems that neglect this crucial aspect. This opening section establishes a foundation for the ensuing discussion on the interplay between tone, construction, and musical performance, ultimately advocating for a clearer understanding of what constitutes true tonal quality in violins. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language English
LoC Class ML: Music: Literature of music
Subject Violin
Subject Violin makers
Category Text
EBook-No. 71706
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 108 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!