Chapter XVIII: The Pianoforte and Other Instruments in Chamber Music (3)

Violin playing (in Middle Ages), 371, 372;
(16th cent.), 373;
(popularity of, in 18th cent.), 400f;
(Gaviniés), 409;
(in Germany, 18th cent.), 412f;
(Benda), 415;
(Tartini), 431;
(Paganini), 438f;
(Spohr), 442;
(modern), 452.
See also Violin technique.

Violin solo, concerto for, 399;
sonata for (Gaviniés), 409;
(Handel), 421;
(Bach), 422, 424;
works for, 422.

Violin sonata (evolution), 384;
(G. B. Vitali), 387;
(Biber), 391;
(Corelli), 397ff;
(Albinoni), 399;
(Vivaldi), 400;
(Veracini), 402;
(Tartini), 403;
(Leclair), 407;
(Rust), 416;
(Handel), 421;
(various types), 426f;
(Beethoven), 454ff;
(Schubert), 457;
(Schumann), 457f;
(Brahms), 459f;
(Franck), 461;
(Saint-Saëns, modern French), 462f;
(Grieg), 463;
(Strauss), 465f.
See also Violin solo, sonata for.

Violin technique, (development), 368ff, 373ff;
(18th cent.), 430f;
(Paganini), 438;
(Spohr), 441;
(Brahms-Joachim), 460.
See also Double-stopping; Bowing.

Violinists. See Virtuosi (violin).

Violoncello music, 590ff;
(Beethoven), 592ff;
(Schumann, Mendelssohn), 595f;
(Brahms), 596f;
(Grieg), 597;
(modern), 597f.

Viotti, Giambattista, 402, 404f, 408, 410ff, 428, 430,
431, 433, 488.
Violin concertos, 411.

Virdung, S., 374.

Virginal, 4.

Virginal music, 18.

Virtuosi, (piano), 209, 284, 290;
(violin), 401f, 411, 417, 435ff, 444, 451f.

Virtuosity, 41, 43, 45, 298f.

Virtuoso effects (violin), 401, 448.

Virtuoso music, 165, 177, 276, 288ff, 297, 304, 310, 400,
436, 443, 466, 511.

Virtuoso style, 216, 405.

Vitali, Giovanni Battista, 387, 479.

Vitali, Tommaso Antonio, 383, 388.

Vivaldi, Antonio, 37, 95, 98, 399, 400, 413, 483f;
(influence on Bach), 69, 422.

Vocal music (as chamber music), 467;
(15th-16th cent.), 486ff.

Vocal polyphony, 9.

Vocal style, 12;
(influence on instrumental), 9 (footnote);
(in violin music), 376;
(in instrumental music), 377, 378.

Vogler, Abbé, 191.

Volkmann, Robert (string quartet), 547.

W

Wachs, Paul, 342.

Wagenseil, G. C., 113, 117, 123f, 498.

Wagner, Richard, 132, 133, 251, 442, 459;
(transcription of _Tannhäuser_ overture), 307.

Waldhorn. See Horn.

Walter, Jacob, 386, 422.

Wasielewski, G., 122 (footnote);
(cited), 406, 412, 413, 415, 446.
Variations on a Popular Romanza, (op. 28), 185.
Variations on a Theme in C major (op. 7), 185.
Variations (op. 40), 186.
Variations on a Bohemian Melody (op. 55), 186.
Piano sonata in C major (op. 42), 188.
Piano sonata in A-flat major, 188ff.
Piano sonata in D major, 189.
Invitation to the Dance, 190f.
Konzertstück in F minor, 191f.

Weber, Carl Maria von, 132, 183ff, 206, 208, 209, 267, 350, 367;
(_Preciosa_ transcription), 296;
(clarinet compositions), 602f.

Weiss, Amalie, 451.

Weiss, Franz, 510, footnote.

Weitzmann (cited), 137.

Well-Tempered Clavichord. See Bach.

‘We're a' noddin',’ 285.

Whole-tone scale, 355, 359f.

Wieck, Clara. See Clara Schumann.

Wieniawski, Henri, 447, 450.

Wihtol, Joseph, 334.

Wilhelmj, August, 443.

Wind instruments (in chamber music), 598ff;
(combinations of), 604.

Woldemar, 436.

Women violinists, 404.

Worms, 371.

Wranitzky, Anton, 419.

Wyzewa, 425.

Y

Ysäye, Eugène, 461.

Z

Zacconi, Ludovico, 375.

Zanata, 391, 478.

Zinke. See Cornetto.

Zmeskall von Domanowecz, Nicolaus, 492, 518.

Zweelinck, 16, 21.