The Sound of Tartini

Margherita Canale Degrassi completed her violin studies at the Music Conservatory in Trieste. She holds a degree in Musicology from the University of Pavia and a PhD in Musicology from the University of Padua, where she wrote a thesis on the thematic catalogue of Giuseppe Tartini’s concertos. She has published on authors of instrumental music of the 18th and 19th centuries, orchestral ensembles, instrumental praxis, violin technique and didactics. She has identified new compositions of Giuseppe Tartini and promoted the first performance and recording. Currently, she is collaborating on the edition of Tartini’s opera omnia. Paolo Da Col completed his musical training in Bologna and pursued Musicology studies at the Università Ca’ Foscari in Venice and the Centre d’études supérieures de la Renaissance in Tours. Interested in Renaissance and pre-classical music from a young age, he has always viewed research and performance as closely connected. Since 1998 he has conducted the vocal ensemble Odhecaton. He currently serves as the librarian at the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello in Venice. He is also an editor of music and an author of catalogues and essays on the history of Renaissance and pre-classical vocal music.

List of Contributors 7
Preface 9
Introduction: The Tartini Moment 13
The Production of Sound: Instruments and Bows in Tartini’s Time
Donatella Melini String Instrument Bows in the Arts at the Time of Tartini 27
Johannes Loescher Violin Making during Tartini’s Working Life 43
Antonino Airenti The Tartini "Sound" through the Relics 53
The Sound Environment at the Basilica del Santo di Padova: Colleagues and Orchestra
Marc Vanscheeuwijck Antonio Vandini: Tartini’s Cellist, Colleague and Friend 65
Alfredo Bernardini Matteo Bissoli, Tartini’s Oboist Colleague 79
Domen Marinčič Tartini’s Music Performed without Chordal Continuo 91
Tartini’s Sound Legacy: Stylistic Influences, Interpretation and Performing Practice
Federica Nuvoli Giuseppe Tartini and Domenico Dall’Oglio: Their Violin Practice Compared 115
Federico Gon Haydn and bariolage: An Italian Affair? 127
Dario Marušić Folk Fiddling in Istria 143
Index of Names 149