The Online Journal of Bass Research (OJBR) is a refereed electronic
journal, published by the International Society of Bassists.
The OJBR is
published solely in an electronic format, accessible free of
charge.
Call for Papers: The OJBR is soliciting original manuscripts from scholars and practicioners. Please view the Submission Guidelines for more information.
Volume
2 of the OJBR presents Shanon Zusman's critical review of the book, Studies
in
Italian Sacred and Instrumental Music in the 17th Century (Burlington,
VT:
Ashgate Publishing Co., 2003) by Stephen Bonta. For those researching
the
early history of stringed bass instruments (including the earliest
incarnations of the violoncello, bass viol, and double bass),
Bonta's more
than 35 years of research is among the most important and oft-cited.
The Ashgate book is a collection of sixteen of
Bonta's essays, ranging from his first publication in the Journal
of the
American Musicological Society (1967) to his most recent article
from the
symposium Barocco Padano (2002).
Also still available is the OJBR's inaugural
issue, Volume 1, which
presents Michael Greenberg's ground-breaking article, "The
Perfect Storm:
The Rise of the Double Bass in France 1701-1816."
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