The Accompaniment in "Unaccompanied" Bach

Interpreting the Sonatas and Partitas for Violin

Stanley Ritchie (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

136 Seiten

2016
Indiana University Press (Verlag)
978-0-253-02198-4 (ISBN)

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Known around the world for his advocacy of early historical performance and as a skilled violin performer and pedagogue, Stanley Ritchie has developed a technical guide to the interpretation and performance of J. S. Bach's enigmatic sonatas and partitas for solo violin. Unlike typical Baroque compositions, Bach's six solos are uniquely free of accompaniment. To add depth and texture to the pieces, Bach incorporated various techniques to bring out a multitude of voices from four strings and one bow, including arpeggios across strings, multiple stopping, opposing tonal ranges, and deft bowing. Published in 1802, over 80 years after its completion in 1720, Bach's manuscript is without expression marks, leaving the performer to freely interpret the dynamics, fingering, bowings, and articulations. Marshaling a lifetime of experience, Stanley Ritchie provides violinists with deep insights into the interpretation and technicalities at the heart of these challenging pieces.

Stanley Ritchie is Distinguished Professor of Music at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. He is a leading exponent of Baroque and Classical violin playing and recipient of the Early Music America's highest award, the Howard Mayer Brown Award for Lifetime Achievement in Early Music.

Foreword / Mauricio Fuks
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Principles of Interpretation
Notation
Polyphony
Harmony
Metre
Dynamics
Inequality
Fingering
Note Length
Bow Direction
Articulations
Ornamentation

2. Dance Forms
Allemanda
Bourée/Borea
Ciaccona
Corrente
Gavotte
Gigue/Giga
Loure
Menuet
Sarabanda/Sarabande
Siciliana
Double
Preludio

3. Analytical Methods and Exercises
G-Minor Adagio
G-Minor Fuga
D-Minor Allemanda

4. The Improvisatory Movements
G-Minor Sonata: Adagio
A-Minor Sonata: Grave

5. The Fugues
G-Minor
A-Minor
C-Major

6. The Ostinato Movements
Partita II: Ciaccona
Sonata III: Adagio

7. The Dance-like Movements
Bourée and Borea
Tempo di Borea
B-Minor Corrente
D-Minor Corrente
Gavotte en Rondeau
The Giga
The Gigue
The Loure
The Menuets
The Sarabande and Sarabanda
The B-Minor Sarabande
The D-Minor Sarabanda

8. The Virtuoso Movements
G-minor Sonata: Presto
B-Minor Corrente - Double
The A-Minor Finale
The C-Major Allegro assai
The E-Major Preludio

9. The Philosophical Movements
The Allemanda
B-Minor Partita
D-Minor Partita

10. The Lyrical Movements
The Siciliana
A-Minor Sonata: Andante
The C-Major Sonata: Largo

11. Right-hand Technique
Polyphony
Chordal Technique
Martelé and Spiccato
Sautillé
Bariolage
Ondeggiando

12. Left-hand Technique
The Role of Vibrato
Half-Position
Choice of Fingerings
Intonation
Tuning

Last Words
Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	04.10.2016
Vorwort	Mauricio Fuks
Zusatzinfo	1 Illustrations, black and white; 231 Printed music items
Verlagsort	Bloomington, IN
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	304 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
ISBN-10	0-253-02198-7 / 0253021987
ISBN-13	978-0-253-02198-4 / 9780253021984
Zustand	Neuware