The 17th century was a period of fundamental innovations in music, seeing the development of harmonic tonality and the first experiments with almost all musical genres known today.
Compositional Technique
The practice of basso continuo allowed instruments, especially the violin, to quickly emancipate from supporting vocal lines and explore their individual possibilities.
Composition History
Italian violinists in the 1620s pioneered techniques like bowing multiple strings simultaneously and exploring higher fingerboard regions, which German musicians later developed to a high level of virtuosity.
Composition History
Johann Sebastian Bach's famous 'Sei Solo â Violino senza Basso accompagnato' (BWV 1001-1006) from 1720 represent the culmination of a tradition of solo violin music.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The most demanding violin music is for solo violin without accompaniment, cultivated by virtuosos who aimed to realize full harmonic and polyphonic richness on a melody instrument with limited tonal resources.
Album & Artwork
This album by Isabelle Faust explores the multifaceted tradition of solo violin repertoire that preceded and inspired Bach's masterpieces.
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