This volume is one of the first to examine in detail the numerous violin treatises of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. It provides a scholarly historical and technical guide to violin pedagogical method, technique and performance practice during the most critical period in the history of the instrument. Extracts in translation from the most significant and authoritative sources are presented with introductions, commentary, illustrations, extensive musical examples and a glossary of specific ornaments. It will be of interest and use to students, performers, and historians.
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'He offers us a well turned-out knowledgeable and agreeable companion. Every violin-lover's home should have one.' Musical Times
'[The book] provides a mass of useful information on the diverse attitudes of performers and teachers at a fascinating stage in the development of violin playing; substantial extracts from some of the most important voilin methods are quoted verbatim, making many of them available in English for the first time.' Music and Letters
'For a player, or anybody with an interest in the violin, this book is a valuable guide to the foundations of modern violin-technique.' The Galpin Society Journal
'Scholarship and practical music-making do not always go hand in hand, and their happy fusion in this valuable research by Robin Stowell is extremely topical and most enlightening. It must surely become essential reading for anyone interested in this repertoire.' Early Music
'[The book] provides a mass of useful information on the diverse attitudes of performers and teachers at a fascinating stage in the development of violin playing; substantial extracts from some of the most important voilin methods are quoted verbatim, making many of them available in English for the first time.' Music and Letters
'For a player, or anybody with an interest in the violin, this book is a valuable guide to the foundations of modern violin-technique.' The Galpin Society Journal
'Scholarship and practical music-making do not always go hand in hand, and their happy fusion in this valuable research by Robin Stowell is extremely topical and most enlightening. It must surely become essential reading for anyone interested in this repertoire.' Early Music
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The development of a musical instrument is invariably influenced by changing ideals of technique and expression. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bow management, quadruple stopping, violin hold, smooth bow changes, bow division, triple stopping, slurred staccato, slurred bowings, specific ornaments, bow speed, bow stick, double stopping, accelerating trill, bow stroke, improvised prelude, double trills, playing length, pure intonation, violin technique, chin position, violin neck, violin methods, improvised ornamentation, end edn, bow grip Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The development of a musical instrument is invariably influenced by changing ideals of technique and expression. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bow management, quadruple stopping, violin hold, smooth bow changes, bow division, triple stopping, slurred staccato, slurred bowings, specific ornaments, bow speed, bow stick, double stopping, accelerating trill, bow stroke, improvised prelude, double trills, playing length, pure intonation, violin technique, chin position, violin neck, violin methods, improvised ornamentation, end edn, bow grip Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Johann Sebastian Bach by Percy Young in Back Matter
- Violin Concerto (Penguin music scores) by Felix Mendelssohn on page 359
- Sinfonia Concertante: Score and Parts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on page 359
- Paganini Of Genoa by Lillian Day in Back Matter
- Quantz and his Versuch: three studies by Edward R. Reilly in Back Matter
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- Performing Beethoven (Cambridge Studies in Performance Practice) by Robin Stowell on page 97, page 130, and page 164
- A Reader's Guide to Haydn's Early String Quartets (Reader's Guides to Musical Genres) by William Drabkin in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Performing Brahms: Early Evidence of Performance Style (Musical Performance and Reception) by Michael Musgrave on page 44, and Back Matter
- Theory and Practice in Late Nineteenth-Century Violin Performance: An Examination of Style in Performance, 1850-1900 by David Milsom on page 69, and Back Matter
- The Cambridge Companion to the String Quartet (Cambridge Companions to Music) by Robin Stowell in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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