{"product_id":"the-viola-da-gamba-paperback","title":"The Viola da Gamba - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBettina Hoffmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePaul Ferguson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eviola da gamba\u003c\/em\u003e was a central instrument in European music from the late fifteenth century well into the late eighteenth. Bettina Hoffmann offers an introduction to the instrument-its construction, technique and history-for the non-specialist with a wealth of original archival scholarship that experts will relish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBettina Hoffmann\u003c\/strong\u003e is German and lives in Florence where she pursues an active career both as a performer on the viol and baroque cello and as a musicologist. She has given concerts all over Europe and America, participating as a soloist and with her ensemble Modo Antiquo at major festivals and venues. A significant discography (more than 70 CDs for Deutsche Grammophon, Naïve, Brilliant Classics, Tactus and others) is especially notable for \u003ci\u003eIdées grotesques\u003c\/i\u003e with works by Marin Marais, \u003ci\u003eScherzi Musicali\u003c\/i\u003e for viola da gamba by Johann Schenck, and the first complete recording of the works by Diego Ortiz and Silvestro Ganassi. Two CDs of her ensemble \u003ci\u003eModo Antiquo\u003c\/i\u003e have been nominated for Grammy Awards. She is the author of the \u003ci\u003eCatalogue of solo and chamber music for viola da gamba \u003c\/i\u003e(LIM, 2001) and has edited critical facsimile editions of the \u003ci\u003eRegulae Concentuum Partiturae\u003c\/i\u003e of Georg Muffat and of works for viol and for cello by Antonio Vivaldi and Domenico Gabrielli (Bärenreiter-Verlag, S.P.E.S.). She discovered and edited the only German treatise on the viol currently known to us, \u003ci\u003eInstruction oder eine anweisung auff der Violadigamba\u003c\/i\u003e. Bettina Hoffmann is professor of viola da gamba, baroque cello, performing praxis and baroque chamber music at the Conservatorio Arrigo Pedrollo di Vicenza and the Scuola di Musica di Fiesole.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.5 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461773562093,"sku":"9780367443757","price":84.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/the-viola-da-gamba-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}