Cello Technique: Principles and Forms of Movement (English and German Edition)

First English-Language Edition, First Printing. Bloomington and London: Indiana University Press, 1975. Hardcover. xviii, 232 pp. Original blue cloth, gilt-lettered spine, in the original dust jacket. NF book in G DJ. Translated from the German by Barbara Haimberger Thiem. Foreword by János Starker. ISBN 9780253313270 / 0253313279. Illustrated with 97 in-text figures. A significant analytical study of cello playing by German cellist, teacher, and writer Gerhard Mantel. Rather than a conventional method or exercise book, Cello Technique examines the physics and physiology of performance, including learning processes, body movement, sound production, position changes, vibrato, left- and right-hand coordination, pressure on the strings, and bowing technique. It remains a useful advanced reference for cellists, string teachers, pedagogy students, and readers interested in musicians’ health and instrumental biomechanics. Condition: Near Fine in a Good dust jacket. Clean, complete pages with a tight, square binding. A prior owner’s name, “Anita Woods,” is written on the front free endpaper. The original dust jacket is present and shows significant rubbing, with small tears along the edges. Please review all photographs for the exact 1975 first-English-edition copy, owner name, dust jacket, and complete condition details.…