Books on String Pedagogy

Applebaum & Roth. The Way They Play (1972-84) MT259.A6446 v.1-14

Auer, Leopold. Violin Playing As I Teach It. Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York, 1921.

Bakhsheayesh, Gloria. Dancing Bows.

Flesch, Carl. The Art of Violin Playing. Book I, Technique in General, Applied Technique. Chicago: Carl Fischer Inc., 1924 (revised 1939)

Flesch, Carl. The Art of Violin Playing. Book II, Artistic Realization and Instruction. Chicago: Carl Fischer Inc., 1930.

Galamian, Ivan. Miraculous Teacher. Elizabeth Green, 1993.

Galamian, Ivan. Principals of Violin Playing and Teaching London: Prentice Hall, 1985.

Gerle, Robert. The Art of Practising the Violin. London: Stainer and Bell, 1983.

Gerle, Robert. The Art of Bowing Practice. London: Stainer and Bell, 1991.

Green, Barry. The Fundamentals of Double Bass Playing. Cincinnatti, OH: Piper Co.

Havas, Kato. A New Approach To Violin Playing . Bosworth & Co., London, 1961.

Havas, Kato. The Violin and I Bosworth & Co., London, 1968.

Havas, Kato. Stage Fright: Its Causes And Cures, With Special Reference To String Playing Bosworth & Co., London, 1973.

Hodgson, Percival. Motion Study and Violin Bowing. Urbana: American String Teachers Association, 1958.

Jamiesons, Nannie. Technique in a Nutshell for Violin and Viola. European String Teachers Association, 1991.

Sazer, Victor. New Directions in Cello Playing: How To Make Cello Playing Easier and Play Without Pain.Ofnote, PO Box 66760, Los Angeles, CA 90066. Phone:310 391-9787 Fax:310 391-1251

Reuter, Fritz. How to Buy a Violin. Chicago: Fritz Reuter Jr., 1971.

Erdesz, Otto. Violin Theater. Great Neck, N.Y: Musical Vistas Publishing, 1987.

Yurko, Machiko. Music Theory for Children. Sherman Oaks, CA: Alfred, 1979.

Grun, Bernard. Timetables of History. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1975.

Barrett, Henry. The Viola Complete Guide. U. of Alabama Press, 1978.

String Methods

Applebaum, Samuel. String Builder. Miami, FL: CPP/Belwin Inc., 1986.

This method is in three volumes, and each one comes with a cassette or CD, which contains accompaniments to the songs in the method book.

Galamian, Ivan. Master Teacher Series. Ann Arbor, MI: Shar Products Co., 1994.

This is a series of five videotapes. Volume one focuses on bow strokes, scale system practice methods, discussion of rhythms, bowing combinations. The other volumes deal with pieces from the repertoire.

Greenhouse, Bernard. Cello Master Class. Ann Arbor, MI: Shar Products Co., 1994.

This is a two volume videotape of Bernard Greenhouse giving masterclasses. He discusses the art of cello playing, nuance, phrasing, interpretation, fingering, and more. While this is not a method of instruction, a video such as this is could be used to en hance performance instruction of intermediate to advanced students.

Rolland, P. Teaching of Action in String Playing (1974) MT260.R762

Rolland, P. Teaching of Action in String Playing (1986) Video MT260.T4 pt.1-9

Dictionaries

The Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments

Ref ML102.I5 B34 1992

The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments

Ref ML102.I5N48 1984 v.1-3

Video Recordings

Heifetz in Performance (1971) Video ML418.H44H4

Heifetz (violinist)/Piatigorsky (cellist) Video ML418.H44H47

David Oistrakh: Remembering a Musician Video ML418.O4D38 1986

From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China (1979) Video ML418.S75F7

The Great Violin Mystery Video ML800.G7

Laredo, J. The Art of Playing the Violin (1986) Video MT260.A7

Masterclass Series with Josef Gingold, v.1-4 (1983) Video MT260.M3

Galamian, I. Lessons with Ivan Galamian, v.1-5 (1981) Video MT262.G174

 

 

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