An Encyclopedia Of The Violin - Hardcover

Bachmann, Alberto

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0306709120 ISBN 13: 9780306709128

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 1966

Synopsis

Table of Contents: Text has 25 chapters. The Origin of the Violin, Violin Makers in Europe, Violin Makers in America, The Construction of the Violin, Colors and varnishes, The Violin Bow, Violin Bridge.., Violin Teaching and Study, The Evolution of the Art of Violin Playing, How to Practie, Tone and its Development, Tone and the various Bowings, The Evolution of Violin technique, The Use of the Bow, Accentuation or emphasis, The Glissando or portamento, Analyses of Master Violin Works, Violin collecting in Europe and America, Chamber music, The phonograph and the violin, Glossary of musical terms, Biographical dictionary of violinists, Literature relating to the violin, The development of Violin Music, A List of Music for the violin.

About this title

About the Author:

Swiss-born Alberto Bachmann was a concert violinist and composer whose enthusiasm for the instrument compelled him to write about it. He wrote Le Violon in 1906, Les Grands Violinistes du Passé in 1913, Gymnastique à l'Usage des Violinistes in 1914, and culminated his work as a writer in 1925 with the publication of this encyclopedia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 1966
• ISBN 10: 0306709120
• ISBN 13: 9780306709128
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 470