Giuseppe Tartini, L’arte dell’arco

Abstract

This review concerns the first volume of the “Edizione nazionale delle opere musicali di Giuseppe Tartini” (“National edition of the musical works of Giuseppe Tartini”), which consists of L’arte dell’arco, edited by Matteo Cossu. This is a famous collection of variations for violin based on a gavotte by Arcangelo Corelli. The volume offers a critical edition of Tartini’s variations and provides information on the sources and reception of an important text for violin didactics.

Keywords

• violin
• tartini
• bow
• critical edition
• variations