Standing violinist
A standing violinist is a violinist who leads a music ensemble standing with a violin in hand.
The phenomenon occurs for the first time in the Viennese Biedermeier period , due to the size of the dance bands a conductor was required. From the second half of the 19th century numerous ensembles in the sector of dance and light music, such as spa music, coffee house music and salon music, were led by a violinist. Silent films were also accompanied by ensembles with a violinist.
Well-known standing violinists included Johann Strauss (son) , Joseph Lanner and Willi Boskovsky , who resumed the practice for the New Year's Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic from 1955 to 1979. More recently, André Rieu has appeared as a standing violinist.
In football jargon , the term violinist describes a technically skilled player with little leg work.
literature
- Gerlinde Haid : standing violinist. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2006, ISBN 3-7001-3067-8 .
Web links
- Standing violinist in Duden
Individual evidence
- ↑ Who is called a standing violinist in football? . Retrieved December 21, 2015.
- ↑ orf.at - football: Messi poses a riddle: standing violinist instead of whirlwind . Article dated April 10, 2014, accessed December 21, 2015.