Cello Technique: Principles and Forms of Movement

D; Very Good+ in a Very Good DJ: The Book shows spotting at the top edge of the text block; the binding leans ever so slightly while remaining secure; the text is clean. Free of any creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome copy, structurally sound and tightly bound, minor, unobtrusive imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. The DJ shows a half-inch closed tear at the top of the front panel; sunning to the dusky purple background field of the backstrip, rendering it bluish (the titles thereon remain quite legible if somewhat muted) ; faint scuffing to the lower front panel; unclipped. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo (8.5 x 5.75 x 0.85 inches) . Bibliography. Illustrated with drawings and designs in black & white. Translated by Barbara Haimberger Thiem. Foreword by Janos Starker. Language: English. Weight: 18 ounces. First Edition Thus (1973) ; First Printing indicated by a complete numerical sequence. Bright blue buckram over boards with silver titles at the backstrip. Hardcover with DJ. Gerhard Friedrich Mantel (1930 2012) was a German cellist, University lecturer and writer instrumental-pedagogical and music-psychological publications. Born in Karlsruhe, Mantel was the second child of Georg Mantel, professor of piano and composition at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, and his wife Margarethe. At the age of nine he turned to playing the cello. Already as a pupil he studied in Heidelberg with August Eichhorn. He refined his skills in Paris with Pierre Fournier, Paul Tortelier and André Navarra, as well as with Pablo Casals in Prades and in Saarbrücken with Maurice Gendron. After a guest appearance in Norway in the winter of 1952/53 with the Musikselskabet Harmonien, later the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, he received an engagement there as solo cellist and worked there until June 1954, after which he remained associated with the orchestra for many years. As soloist and chamber musician he performed in numerous countries in Europe, North and South America, Japan, Korea and the Near East. His interpretations are documented on numerous records and over 100 radio recordings. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xviii, 232 pages 1st American Edition Thus; First Printing. …