| Uniform title | Anfänge des Streichinstrumentenspiels. English |
| Contents |
The present state of research. Older literature ; Theories of the Nordic and Indian origin of bowed instruments ; Philological considerations ; Ethnomusicological considerations ; Iconographical considerations ; The position today -- The earliest traces of the use of the bow in Europe and the East. Islam. The first evidence for the use of the bow ; The rabab and other instruments ; Instruments of the kamanja type -- Byzantium. The heritage from antiquity ; Pictorial evidence ; Byzantine bowed instruments ; Where did bowing originate? -- Central Asia. The cultural background ; The musical background ; The first use of the bow ; Pictorial evidence ; The evidence of Central Asian instruments today ; Summary of the evidence -- Europe. Instruments and plectra before the introduction of the bow ; The first evidence of bowing in Europe -- Eastern Asia -- European bowed instruments in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The fidel and related chordophones. The body (Methods of construction and materials ; Shapes ; Methods of attaching strings) ; The strings (Material used ; Methods of manufacture ; The number of strings) ; The bow ; Techniques of performance (Positions ; Bowing ; Stopping) ; Tunings and drone-strings (Evidence from contemporary folk-instruments ; Medieval and later evidence) -- The hurdy-gurdy. Origin ; Construction ; Techniques of performance and musical character ; Tuning -- The bowed rote -- Bowed instruments in medieval society. Their social standing ; Their repertoire: conditions of performance ; The relation of instrumental to vocal parts, and the implications of ensemble playing ; Their tone-quality, and their effect on the listener -- Concluding summary. The origins of bowing ; Types of bowed instruments ; Strings ; Bows ; How instruments were held ; Tunings ; The hurdy-gurdy ; The bowed rote ; Social standing and conditions of performance -- Appendix A. The borderline between plucking and bowing. The problem of systematic classification ; Methods transitional between plucking and bowing -- Appendix B. Monophony and polyphony on solo instruments. |
| General note | Originally published as Die Anfänge des Streichinstrumentenspiels. 2. Aufl. Leipzig, Breitkopf & Härtel, 1966. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (pages 152-163) and index. |
| LCCN | 70460120 |
| ISBN | 0193185067 |
| ISBN | 9780193185067 |
