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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. Here they are, in cronological order…
Sep 29, 2023
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J. P. Eisel: an amateur cellist on Violoncello da Spalla
J. P. Eisel (Erfurt 1698/1763), worked in Erfurt as a lawyer and versatile amateur musician, as well as an “excellent” cellist. “As a composer he had a…
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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