U

Ucellini, Marco, 385.

Uhland, 252.

V

Valentini, Giuseppi, 402.

Variations, 17, 18, 19, 20f;
(Handel), 87;
(Beethoven), 165, 595;
(Weber), 184f;
(Mendelssohn), 215;
(Schumann), 230f;
(Brahms), 242ff;
(popularity in early 19th cent.), 285;
(Herz), 286f;
(Thalberg), 291;
(in early instr. music), 475;
(Haydn), 475.

Venetian school (violin composers), 399.

Venice, 1.

Veracini, Antonio, 390, 479, 483.

Veracini, Francesco Maria, 401, 483.

Verdi (Rigoletto transcription), 309.

Viadana, 474.

Vicentino, Nicola, 467 (footnote).

Vienna, 89, 371, 502.

Viennese classics, 131ff.

Vieuxtemps, Henri, 412, 446, 448f, 453.

Vinacesi, 391, 478.

Viol, 371, 372.

Viola, 598.

Viola da gamba, 590f.

Viola pomposa, 591.

Viola sonata, 598.

Viola suite, 598.

Violin, 370;
(ancestors of), 368f;
(in 16th cent.), 373f;
(modified tunings), 392.

Violin bow, 382, 385.

Violin concerto, (Torelli), 388;
(Viotti), 405, 411;
(Bach), 422, 423;
(Mozart), 424f;
(Kreutzer), 432;
(Rode), 433;
(Baillot), 435;
(Paganini), 440;
(Spohr), 441;
(de Bériot), 448;
(Joachim Wieniawski), 450;
(modern), 451f;
(Beethoven), 456f;
(Schubert), 456;
(Mendelssohn), 458;
(Brahms), 460;
(Lalo), 461f;
(Tschaikowsky), 463f;
(Glazounoff), 464f;
(Bruch), 465;
(Sibelius), 465;
(Reger), 466;
(modern Bohemian and Italian), 466.
See also Violin solo, sonata for.

Violin études, (Gaviniés), 409;
(Kreutzer), 432.

Violin methods, (Geminiani), 401;
(L. Mozart), 417;
(Conservatoire), 433;
(Baillot), 435;
(Spohr), 442.

Violin music, before Corelli, 379ff;
(English, 17th cent.), 393;
(18th cent.), 396ff;
(19th cent.), 430ff.

Violin playing (in Middle Ages), 371, 372;
(16th cent.), 373;
(popularity of, in 18th cent.), 400f;
(Gaviniés), 409;
(in Germany, 18th cent.), 412f;
(Benda), 415;
(Tartini), 431;
(Paganini), 438f;
(Spohr), 442;
(modern), 452.
See also Violin technique.

Violin solo, concerto for, 399;
sonata for (Gaviniés), 409;
(Handel), 421;
(Bach), 422, 424;
works for, 422.

Violin sonata (evolution), 384;
(G. B. Vitali), 387;
(Biber), 391;
(Corelli), 397ff;
(Albinoni), 399;
(Vivaldi), 400;
(Veracini), 402;
(Tartini), 403;
(Leclair), 407;
(Rust), 416;
(Handel), 421;
(various types), 426f;
(Beethoven), 454ff;
(Schubert), 457;
(Schumann), 457f;
(Brahms), 459f;
(Franck), 461;
(Saint-Saëns, modern French), 462f;
(Grieg), 463;
(Strauss), 465f.
See also Violin solo, sonata for.

Violin technique, (development), 368ff, 373ff;
(18th cent.), 430f;
(Paganini), 438;
(Spohr), 441;
(Brahms-Joachim), 460.
See also Double-stopping; Bowing.

Violinists. See Virtuosi (violin).

Violoncello music, 590ff;
(Beethoven), 592ff;
(Schumann, Mendelssohn), 595f;
(Brahms), 596f;
(Grieg), 597;
(modern), 597f.

Viotti, Giambattista, 402, 404f, 408, 410ff, 428, 430, 431, 433, 488.
Violin concertos, 411.

Virdung, S., 374.

Virginal, 4.

Virginal music, 18.

Virtuosi, (piano), 209, 284, 290;
(violin), 401f, 411, 417, 435ff, 444, 451f.

Virtuosity, 41, 43, 45, 298f.

Virtuoso effects (violin), 401, 448.

Virtuoso music, 165, 177, 276, 288ff, 297, 304, 310, 400, 436, 443, 466, 511.

Virtuoso style, 216, 405.

Vitali, Giovanni Battista, 387, 479.

Vitali, Tommaso Antonio, 383, 388.

Vivaldi, Antonio, 37, 95, 98, 399, 400, 413, 483f;
(influence on Bach), 69, 422.

Vocal music (as chamber music), 467;
(15th-16th cent.), 486ff.

Vocal polyphony, 9.

Vocal style, 12;
(influence on instrumental), 9 (footnote);
(in violin music), 376;
(in instrumental music), 377, 378.

Vogler, Abbé, 191.

Volkmann, Robert (string quartet), 547.


W

Wachs, Paul, 342.

Wagenseil, G. C., 113, 117, 123f, 498.

Wagner, Richard, 132, 133, 251, 442, 459;
(transcription of Tannhäuser overture), 307.

Waldhorn. See Horn.

Walter, Jacob, 386, 422.

Wasielewski, G., 122 (footnote);
(cited), 406, 412, 413, 415, 446.
Variations on a Popular Romanza, (op. 28), 185.
Variations on a Theme in C major (op. 7), 185.
Variations (op. 40), 186.
Variations on a Bohemian Melody (op. 55), 186.
Piano sonata in C major (op. 42), 188.
Piano sonata in A-flat major, 188ff.
Piano sonata in D major, 189.
Invitation to the Dance, 190f.
Konzertstück in F minor, 191f.

Weber, Carl Maria von, 132, 183ff, 206, 208, 209, 267, 350, 367;
(Preciosa transcription), 296;
(clarinet compositions), 602f.

Weiss, Amalie, 451.

Weiss, Franz, 510, footnote.

Weitzmann (cited), 137.

Well-Tempered Clavichord. See Bach.

‘We're a' noddin',’ 285.

Whole-tone scale, 355, 359f.

Wieck, Clara. See Clara Schumann.

Wieniawski, Henri, 447, 450.

Wihtol, Joseph, 334.

Wilhelmj, August, 443.

Wind instruments (in chamber music), 598ff;
(combinations of), 604.

Woldemar, 436.

Women violinists, 404.

Worms, 371.

Wranitzky, Anton, 419.

Wyzewa, 425.

Y

Ysäye, Eugène, 461.

Z

Zacconi, Ludovico, 375.

Zanata, 391, 478.

Zinke. See Cornetto.

Zmeskall von Domanowecz, Nicolaus, 492, 518.

Zweelinck, 16, 21.