13 Titles - Viola da Gamba Society

important one and, like ornamentation, use of the tenuë, doigt couché, etc., bowing on thetreble/pardessus viols developed into an art with its own rules and set of symbols. 42It is earnestly hoped that wider interest will be shown in the smaller-scale works ofthis most notable grand-maître, and that this will lead to a realisation of their significancein the development of French Baroque music. The Premiere Leçon du Vendredy Saintillustrates yet another aspect of Charpentier's surviving oeuvre, and there is no doubtthat many masterpieces of equal significance still [58] await discovery and appreciation.* * * * * *APOLOGYThe committee here records its apology to David Pinto for a printing error by whicha reference to 'full song' in his article `The Fantasy manner: the seventeenth-centurycontext' (Chelys, 1981) appeared - most inappropriately - as 'dull song'.42 The Avertissements to the collections of both Heudelinne and Marc contain bowing symbols withtheir explanations. Heudelinne states that bowing directions on the viol are opposite to those of theviolin family, and both collections contain several pieces carefully marked with the appropriatesymbols.