Some breezy, take-to-the beach readings.
A bit of bibliography to get inspiration from
In the northern hemisphere is getting hot now. Fortunately we are in the mountains in the very north of Italy, so we normally do not suffer hot weather if we don't go and search for it. In this time of the year I enjoy lying on the sofa on the terrace, on cool evenings. I love the breeze and listening to the great variety of birds singing just after the sunset. And a good read gives me the perfect excuse to indulge there more.
I share here some of the most informative articles on Violoncello da Spalla (or on its context).
Some of them are quite old, others are new, and as you will notice there is no harmony yet between interpretations of the facts... But there is a good record of facts, which is a fantastic thing!
Hope you enjoy them as I do, and please come back to share your major take away!
Agnes Kory “Tenor violin or Tenor cello?” - 2018
https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/93532348/FULL_TEXT.PDF
Koji Otsuki “J.S.Bach’s Violoncello piccolo” - 2020
https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/handle/2022/25325
Dmitry Badiarov “The Violoncello, Viola da Spalla and Viola Pomposa in Theory and Practice” - 2007
https://badiarovviolins.com/PDF/GSJ60_121-145_Badiarov.pdf
Marc Vanscheeuwijck “Recent re-evaluations of the Baroque cello and what they might mean for performing the music of J. S. Bach” - 2010
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40731346
Marc Vanscheeuwijck “Violoncello and other Bass Violins in Baroque Italy” - 2020
https://www.academia.edu/44409733/Violoncello_and_other_Bass_Violins_in_Baroque_Italy
You may be interested in my answer to this article here, and more recents upgrade here.
Lambert Smit “Towards a different, possibly more historical view of Bach’s Violoncello” (? After 2004)
http://lambert.jvanhulst.nl/pdf/towardsnew.pdf
Updates from our workshop
Back at home, back at work! Alessandro made some gorgeous fittings for our customer, who asked to avoid ebony!
Featured video of the week
Enjoy this performance from Taipei, cellist Ethan Lin
