From playing clarinets used in Mozart’s time to reconstructing instruments from paintings, period musicians are recreating history for modern audiences.

The main difference between Baroque and modern cello bows is the shape; a Baroque bow is shorter and has a flatter shape, while the modern is longer with a concave shape. While one or two bow hairs ...

The word "baroque" comes from the Portuguese "barroco" meaning "misshapen pearl," and is defined as a style or period of architecture, art and music that flourished in Europe from the 17th century ...

He set his instrument up with gut strings, tuned it down a half step, acquired a baroque bow and threw out all his modern editions, studying only a copy of the work by Bach's wife (no holograph ...

Then when he returned, his 2018 Viseltear Baroque violin and a Louis Begin baroque bow, which was in a blue BAM contoured violin case, were missing. His backpack was also gone.

Both modern and period instruments are used; the college owns nine Baroque bows, Flemish and French style harpsichords and several reproductions of period instruments. Our goal is to present ...

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Logo. News. Go for Baroque: Singers show off new skills at SPU concerts ...