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The Violoncello
And its History.
The Violoncello
And its History
BY
Wilh. Jos. v. Wasielewski
RENDERED INTO ENGLISH
BY
Isobella S. E. Stigand
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS, MUSICAL EXAMPLES
AND
Portrait of Robert Lindley
(From the Original Oil Painting).
London: NOVELLO AND COMPANY, Limited
AND
NOVELLO, EWER AND CO., NEW YORK.
1894.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
THIS TRANSLATION
IS INSCRIBED TO
My dear Sisters.
AUTHOR’S PREFACE.
In the following pages I present to the musical world theHistory of the Violoncello and Violoncello playing. I havepreceded it by the History of the Viola da Gamba, for thereason that this instrument must be considered the precursorof the Violoncello. For my work I have made use of themusical dictionaries extant, especially Gerber’s old and newmusical Lexicon as well as Fétis’s “Biographie Universelledes Musiciens.” What has been borrowed from otherworks will be indicated in the course of the narrative. Thegreat courtesy of Herr Friedrich Grützmacher, the RoyalConcert-director of Saxony, in placing at my disposal hisextensive collection of old and new Violoncello Literature,has been of especial value to me in my undertaking. Byits means I have been enabled to find my way throughthe historical d