Contents:
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Acknowledgements
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Hat, Stick, and Boots: A Brief Philosophical Introduction:
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Humanism and Rhetoric
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Back to the Sources
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All Ye Saints, Come to My Aid
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Part One - The Life and Opinions of a Princess:
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Prelude: Daughter of Orient and Occident
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The Curtain Rises
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A Noble Page in Hiding: The Viol in France, 1550-1630
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The Humanists' Delight: Italy, 1550-1630
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The Entranced Smile: Germany, 1550-1630
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Rainy Days in Consort: England, 1550-1630
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First Legend of the Saints: The Grandee of the Viol, Alfonso Ferrabosco (c. 1575-1628)
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Years of no Grace in the Country, England after 1630
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Second Legend of the Saints: Three Stars in Epiphany
William Lawes, John Jenkins, Christopher Simpson
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Hard Times on the Continent: Central Europe in the Second Half of the 17th Century
Northern Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Southern Germany, and Bohemia
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The Huguenots's Maiden Friend: France after 1630
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Third Legend of the Saints: The Last of the Humanists, Le Sieur de Sainte Colombe (d. before 1700)
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In the Royal Sun: France in the Late 17th Century
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An Unseemly Instrument? Viol-Playing Women
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The Decline and Fall in the Roman Empire: The 18th Century
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Suspended Animation: The 19th Century
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The Principle of Hope: The 20th Century
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Part Two - Meeting the Family:
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A Word about Respectability
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The Respublica of Consort
The 16th Century, The 17th Century, Instrumentation, The Instruments, The Role of the Organ, The Music
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No Less Swift than the Violin itself: The Bass Viol
The Viola Bastarda, The Division Viol, The Lyra Viol, Other Viols with Sympathetic Strings, The Seven-Stringed Bass Viol
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The Slighted Inner Part: The Tenor Viol
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Sweet, but too Weak: The Treble Viol
Treble Viol and Dessus de Viole, Pardessus de Viole and Quinton
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A Royal Rumble: The Violone
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A Humanist Parody: The Arpeggione
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Observations on Viol Construction
Renaissance, Italian, English, French and German Viols and the Late Period; Conversions, Forgeries, Reconstructions
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Pitch
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Transposition
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The Well-Tuned Violdigamb
Germany, France, Italy and Spain in the 16th Century; France in the 17th and 18th Centuries, England in the 17th Century, The Violone
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The Well-Tempered Viol: Muiscal Temperament
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The Salt and Mustard of Music: Ornamentation
"Artificioso" and "Graceful" Play, Should One Ornament in Consort?, The Well-Shaped Lady's Leg
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Aspects of Playing Technique
Holding the Instrument
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The Left Hand
"Holds" and "Tenues", Position of the Left Thumb, Open String or Stopped String?, Changing Positions, Treble-Viol Fingering
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The Right Hand
The Use of the Bow, Forms of Articulation
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Part Three - Maintaining a Princess in Style:
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A Word about Quality
What is a Good Instrument?, How to Procure a Good Instrument
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The Well-Appointed Viol
Construction and Materials, Ornaments, The Varnish, Accessories
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The Bow
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Beauty in Eclipsa: Conclusion
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Appendix:
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Notes
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Bibliography
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Index
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List of Illustrations
