Sterling Jones

Sterling Jones , also Sterling Scott Jones (* around 1930 in Wisconsin ) is an American classical violinist and music teacher. He is a specialist in playing medieval and early modern violin instruments such as the fiddle and the rebec .

life and work

Sterling Jones was a founding member of the well-known Ensemble Studio of Early Music . He performed with this ensemble for the entire duration of 18 years. “The work of this ensemble, which is documented on numerous recordings, had an impact on the reconstruction of medieval music that could hardly be overestimated.” He participated in several projects of the Tübingen ensemble “Ordo virtutum” as a fiddle player.

He taught performance practice of the Middle Ages and early string instruments at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis . He published an edition of Tobias Hume's compositions for viol. In 1995 he published the book "The lira da braccio". He describes the "lira da braccio" from the 16th century as a possible link between the medieval "fiddle" and the modern violin. In addition, he gives advice on their use and provides a selected repertoire for the instrument. Jones appeared as the editor of specialist publications on early music in the Pratica Musicale series of the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis .

Sterling Jones is very interested in the possibilities of using computers in music. As a hobby he likes to play romantic piano music. Sterling Jones lives in Munich today.

Sterling Jones literature

The lira da braccio. (Series: Publications of the Early Music Institute) Bloomington and Indianapolis 1995. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-20911-0 .
Rebec. The Performance of Medieval Music. In: Ross W. Duffin. Bloomington 2000. pp. 317-324.

Web links

Literature by and about Sterling Jones in the WorldCat bibliographic database

Sterling Jones at Discogs (English)

Ordo virtutum (University of Tübingen): Sterling Jones. In: www.dimused.uni-tuebingen.de. Archived from the original on March 11, 2020 ; accessed on March 1, 2020 .

The Lira da Braccio. Indiana University Press, accessed March 1, 2020 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Sterling Jones. In: Ordo virtutum.
↑ ^a ^b ^c Presentation of the book: Sterling Scott Jones: The Lira da braccio.

personal data
SURNAME	Jones, Sterling
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American classical violinist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	around 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wisconsin

[:0-1] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Sterling Jones. In: Ordo virtutum.

[:1-2] Presentation of the book: Sterling Scott Jones: The Lira da braccio.