Treatises

A chronicle of a 1738 private party featuring a viola pomposa!

By J. A. Hiller

Oct 20, 2023 •

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Leopold Mozart on Violoncello da Spalla

Or better say Tiny-Hand-Bass

Oct 6, 2023 •

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Treatises mentioning Violoncello da Spalla, written before Bach’s death.

Dear reader, this week we have for you a resume of the treatises we know from the period before Bach’s death.

Sep 29, 2023 •

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J. P. Eisel: an amateur cellist on Violoncello da Spalla

Sep 23, 2023 •

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Jakob Adlung on Violoncello

…ops! On Viola di Spala!

Sep 8, 2023 •

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J. G. Walther’s on the Violoncello

A note from J. S. Bach’s colleague and cousin

Aug 18, 2023 •

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Rule to play the Violoncello da Spalla

Bartolomeo Bismantova, Ferrara 1694

Aug 5, 2023 •

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Fagott-geige was the name!

From J. F. B. C. Majer, 1741

May 26, 2023 •

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Johann Mattheson on Violoncello da Spalla

And on continuo playing

Apr 7, 2023 •

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…and those that got it just right!

Right or wrong… depending on what we want to see! But for sure all these personalities were no fools!

Oct 15, 2021 •

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Sources that mess it up

Treatises that mention Violoncello da Spalla, but we’d prefer to hide them under the carpet

Oct 1, 2021 •

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