Kai Köpp

The viola is often not credited with being able to take over a soloistic role - but this is completely unjust. In 1738 Johann Philipp Eisel already wrote of the viola as being the 'very bowels of musi...

For the first time, this handbook offers an overview of the art of ensemble playing in the Baroque, Classical and Romantic periods and also includes historical 'art words' (such as 'Mannheim School' o...