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VIOLIN MASTERY TALKS WITH MASTER VIOLINISTS AND TEACHERS

COMPRISING INTERVIEWS WITH YSAYE, KREISLER, ELMAN, AUER, THIBAUD, HEIFETZ, HARTMANN, MAUD POWELL AND OTHERS BY

FREDERICK H. MARTENS FOREWORD CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS VIOLIN MASTERY EUGÈNE YSAYE

THE TOOLS OF VIOLIN MASTERY

YSAYE'S REPERTORY THE TOOLS OF VIOLIN MASTERY VIOLIN MASTERY

LEOPOLD AUER

A METHOD WITHOUT SECRETS

A METHOD WITHOUT SECRETS HOURS OF PRACTICE NATIONALITY VERSUS THE CONSERVATORY SYSTEM VIOLIN MASTERY THE BACH VIOLIN SONATAS AND OTHER COMPOSITIONS AS REGARDS "PRODIGIES"

III

EDDY BROWN

HUBAY AND AUER: TECHNIC: HINTS TO THE STUDENT

HUBAY AND AUER: SOME COMPARISONS TECHNIC: SOME HINTS TO THE STUDENT A SPANISH VIOLIN PROGRAMS VIOLIN MASTERY

MISCHA ELMAN

LIFE AND COLOR IN INTERPRETATION. TECHNICAL PHASES

MANNERISMS IN PLAYING LIFE AND COLOR IN INTERPRETATION ABSOLUTE PITCH THE FIRST ESSENTIAL OF A PERFECTED TECHNIC TECHNICAL PHASES PROPORTION IN PRACTICE AUER AS A TEACHER VIOLIN MASTERY WHAT TO STUDY AND HOW A REMINISCENCE OF COLONNE

SAMUEL GARDNER

TECHNIC AND MUSICIANSHIP

CHARLES MARTIN LOEFFLER AND FELIX WINTERNITZ AS TEACHERS KNEISEL'S TEACHING METHODS TECHNIC AND MUSICIANSHIP EDISON AND OCTAVES WIRE AND GUT STRINGS VIOLIN MASTERY

ARTHUR HARTMANN

THE PROBLEM OF TECHNIC

WHAT VIOLIN PLAYING REALLY IS THE PROBLEM OF TECHNIC NINE BEATITUDES FOR VIOLINISTS ARRANGING VERSUS TRANSCRIBING DEBUSSY'S POÈME FOR VIOLIN

VII

JASCHA HEIFETZ

THE DANGER OF PRACTICING TOO MUCH. TECHNICAL MASTERY AND TEMPERAMENT

THE DANGER OF PRACTICING TOO MUCH THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VIRTUOSE TECHNIC PROFESSOR AUER AS A TEACHER A DIFFICULTY OVERCOME VIOLIN MASTERY TECHNICAL MASTERY AND TEMPERAMENT REPERTORY AND PROGRAMS

VIII

DAVID HOCHSTEIN

THE VIOLIN AS A MEANS OF EXPRESSION AND EXPRESSIVE PLAYING

SEVČIK AND AUER: A CONTRAST IN TEACHING THE VIOLIN AS A MEANS OF EXPRESSION VIOLIN MASTERY TONE PRODUCTION: RHYTHM

FRITZ KREISLER

PERSONALITY IN ART

HOW KREISLER CAME TO COMPOSE AND ARRANGE AT THE VIENNA CONSERVATORY VIOLIN MASTERY TECHNIC VERSUS IMAGINATION MENTAL TECHNIC: ITS DRAWBACK AND ITS ADVANTAGE PRACTICE HOURS FOR THE ADVANCED STUDENT AN EXPLANATION BY MR. WINTERNITZ STYLE, INTERPRETATION AND THE ARTISTIC IDEAL

FRANZ KNEISEL

THE PERFECT STRING ENSEMBLE

"THE ARTIST RANKS THE VIRTUOSO IN CHAMBER MUSIC" VIOLIN MASTERY IN THE STRING QUARTET THE FIRST VIOLIN IN THE STRING QUARTET HELLMESBERGER QUARTET MESSRS. MATH. DURST, CARL HEISSLER, CARL SCHLESINGER "ENSEMBLE" REHEARSING THE FIRST VIOLIN IN CHAMBER MUSIC VERSUS THE ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR HINTS TO THE SERIOUS VIOLIN STUDENT THE GENERAL FAULT THE ART OF THE BOW

ADOLFO BETTI

THE TECHNIC OF THE MODERN QUARTET

THE MODERN QUARTET THE MODERN QUARTET AND AMATEUR PLAYERS THE TECHNIC OF QUARTET PLAYING REHEARSING INTONATION TEMPO DYNAMICS INTERPRETATION SOME IDEALS

XII

HANS LETZ

THE TECHNIC OF BOWING

VIOLIN MASTERY THE KEY TO INTERPRETATION THE TECHNIC OF BOWING RHYTHM AND COLOR SUGGESTIONS IN TEACHING THE ART AND THE SCHOOLS

XIII

DAVID MANNES

THE PHILOSOPHY OF VIOLIN TEACHING

STUDYING WITH YSAYE SOME INITIAL PRINCIPLES OF VIOLIN STUDY THE PHILOSOPHY OF VIOLIN TEACHING GUT VERSUS WIRE STRINGS CHIN RESTS VIOLIN MASTERY

XIV

TIVADAR NACHÉZ

JOACHIM AND LÉONARD AS TEACHERS

THE BEGINNING OF A VIOLINISTIC CAREER: PLAYING WITH LISZT JOACHIM AS A TEACHER AND INTERPRETER STUDYING WITH LÉONARD SIVORI GREAT MOMENTS IN AN ARTIST'S LIFE VIOLINS AND STRINGS: SARASATE THE NARDINI CONCERTO IN A VIOLIN MASTERY

MAXIMILIAN PILZER

THE SINGING TONE AND THE VIBRATO

THE SINGING TONE THE VIBRATO VIOLIN MASTERY AND ITS ATTAINMENT THE SHINING GOAL PLAYING BACH

XVI

MAUD POWELL

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: SOME HINTS FOR THE CONCERT PLAYER

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CONCERT VIOLINIST THE INFLUENCE OF THE TEACHER TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES THE AMERICAN WOMAN VIOLINIST AND AMERICAN MUSIC SOME HINTS FOR THE CONCERT PLAYER VIOLIN MASTERY

XVII

LEON SAMETINI

HARMONICS

REMINISCENCES OF SEVČIK A QUARTET OF GREAT TEACHERS WITH WHOM ALL MAY STUDY TEACHING PRINCIPLES DOUBLE HARMONICS VIOLIN MASTERY

XVIII

ALEXANDER SASLAVSKY

WHAT THE TEACHER CAN AND CANNOT DO

WHAT THE TEACHER CAN AND CANNOT DO A GREAT DEFECT TONE: PRACTICE TIME A NATIONAL CONSERVATORY SOME PERSONAL VIEWS AND REFLECTIONS VIOLIN MASTERY

XIX

TOSCHA SEIDEL

HOW TO STUDY

STUDYING WITH PROFESSOR AUER ARTIST PUPILS AND AMATEUR STUDENTS HOW TO STUDY FIDDLE AND STRINGS VIOLIN MASTERY

EDMUND SEVERN

THE JOACHIM BOWING AND OTHERS: THE LEFT HAND

THE JOACHIM BOWING A PRE-TEACHING REQUISITE DRAWING A LONG BOW WRIST-BOWING STACCATO AND OTHER BOWINGS THE LEFT HAND VIOLIN MASTERY

XXI

ALBERT SPALDING

THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARTIST

VIOLIN MASTERY THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ARTIST A LESS DEVELOPED PHASE OF VIOLIN TECHNIC GOOD AND BAD HANDS: MENTAL STUDY ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE OF CONCERT ATTENDANCE FOR THE STUDENT NATIONALITY AS A FORMATIVE INFLUENCE PLAYING WHILE IN SERVICE

XXII

THEODORE SPIERING

THE APPLICATION OF BOW EXERCISES TO THE STUDY OF KREUTZER

TWO TYPES OF STUDENTS MENTAL AND PHYSICAL PROCESSES COÖRDINATED THE TWO-FOLD VALUE OF CELEBRATED STUDY WORKS THE APPLICATION OF BOW EXERCISES TO THE STUDY OF KREUTZER SOME OF MR. SPIERING'S OWN STUDY SOUVENIRS VIOLIN MASTERY

XXIII

JACQUES THIBAUD

THE IDEAL PROGRAM

XXIV

GUSTAV SAENGER

THE EDITOR AS A FACTOR IN "VIOLIN MASTERY"

OLD WINE IN NEW BOTTLES AMERICAN EDITORIAL IDEALS THE MASTER VIOLINIST AS AN EDITOR EDITORIAL DIFFICULTIES A UNIQUE COLLECTION OF VIOLIN STUDIES A NEW CLASSIFICATION OF VIOLIN LITERATURE VIOLIN EDITIONS "MADE IN AMERICA"

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