- Paperback: 350 pages
- Publisher: University of California Press (Dec 13 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0520224094
- ISBN-13: 978-0520224094
- Product Dimensions: 28 x 21.6 x 2.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #378,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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...has been painstakingly compiled, with over 475 notated examples, many diagrams, and an invaluable index of scores, recordings and website addresses. (Music Teacher )
This is a voluminous work, evidently a labor of love, and the product of intensive thought, research, and experience....well organized. (Notes )
It's sure to enter the canon, becoming a basic reference guide for any string player performing music written in the last 50 years. (Strings )
A wealth of detailed information about the technical possibilities of the modern violin is offered in The Contemporary Violin...a brilliant resource...a great asset to the modern violinist's bookshelf. (Classical Music )
This is a voluminous work, evidently a labor of love, and the product of intensive thought, research, and experience....well organized. (Notes )
It's sure to enter the canon, becoming a basic reference guide for any string player performing music written in the last 50 years. (Strings )
A wealth of detailed information about the technical possibilities of the modern violin is offered in The Contemporary Violin...a brilliant resource...a great asset to the modern violinist's bookshelf. (Classical Music )
Book Description
Written by a composer and a musician, The Contemporary Violin offers a unique menu of avant-garde musical possibilities that both performers and composers will enjoy exploring. Allen and Patricia Strange's comprehensive study critically examines extended performance techniques found in the violin literature of the latter half of the twentieth century. Drawing from both published and private manuscripts, the authors present extended performance options for the acoustic, modified, electric, and MIDI violin, with signal processing and computer-related techniques, and include more than 400 notated examples.
The authors begin with bowing techniques and proceed systematically through other aspects of string playing, including MIDI technologies. Their correspondence and research with many performers and composers, the book's extensive score and text bibliography, and the discography of more than 130 recordings make The Contemporary Violin a valuable contemporary music reference and guide. An additional benefit is its listing of Internet resources that will keep the reader up to date with recent developments in contemporary performance and composition.
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ALL contemporary composers and violinists need this book!,,
By MICHAEL VINCENT (Montreal, QC CANADA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Contemporary Violin: Extended Performance Techniques (Paperback)
I knew this book was special when I read the opening quote from the first page of the one of the chapters:We're here to hurt you!" Simply put: This book is a revalation to the contemporary string music scene. Extreemly well written, full of countless scores and short examples. Invaluable.
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ALL contemporary composers and violinists need this book!,
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This review is from: The Contemporary Violin: Extended Performance Techniques (Paperback)
I new this book was special when I read the opening quote from the first page of the Introduction to Amplification and Signal Processing chapter:We're here to hurt you!" Simply put: This book is a revalation to the contemporary string music scene. Extreemly well written, full of countless scores and short examples. Invaluable.
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ALL contemporary composers and violinists need this book!,,
By MICHAEL VINCENT - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Contemporary Violin: Extended Performance Techniques (Paperback)
I knew this book was special when I read the opening quote from the first page of the one of the chapters:We're here to hurt you!" Simply put: This book is a revalation to the contemporary string music scene. Extreemly well written, full of countless scores and short examples. Invaluable. 1 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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ALL contemporary composers and violinists need this book!,
By M. Vincent - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Contemporary Violin: Extended Performance Techniques (Paperback)
I new this book was special when I read the opening quote from the first page of the Introduction to Amplification and Signal Processing chapter:We're here to hurt you!" Simply put: This book is a revalation to the contemporary string music scene. Extreemly well written, full of countless scores and short examples. Invaluable. |
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