The viola da gamba music of the Berlin school
Subtitle: Frederick the Great and his musicians
By: by Michael O'Loghlin.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 253
ISBN-13: 9780754658856
Subjects: Hesse, Ludwig Christian, -- 1716-1772; Instrumental music -- Germany -- Berlin -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Viola da gamba music -- Germany -- Berlin -- 18th century -- History and criticism; Viola da gamba music -- Germany -- Berlin -- 18th century -- Thematic catalogs
Genres: Thematic catalogs.
Description: "This study shows how the unique situation in Berlin produced the last major corpus of music written for the viola da gamba, and how the more virtuosic works were probably the result of close collaboration between Hesse and the Berlin School composers. The reader is also introduced to the more approachable pieces which were written and arranged for amateur viol players, including the king's nephew and ultimate successor, Frederick William II. The book will appeal to professional and amateur viola da gamba players as well as to scholars of eighteenth-century German music."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "Thematic catalogue of the works of the Berlin School for viola da gamba, with all known sources and modern editions": p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Berlin and the Berlin school; title: The sources; title: The forms and genres used in the Berlin gamba music; title: Alternative instrumentation for the viola da gamba parts; title: Ludwig Christian Hesse; title: The composers and their works.