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A Practical Guide to Violin-Playing, 1913
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1CHAPTER II.
3CHOICE OF VIOLIN-SCHOOL AND MODE OF PRACTISING.
5To the pupil who has just finished his studentship and is about to embark upon a teaching career the Author chiefly devotes the following chapters.
7The question "What Violin-School will best meet the requirements of a beginner?" is frequently asked, and in face of the numberless schools, ancient and modern, some advice may prove acceptable. There surely cannot be many who will entertain the thought of giving to their pupils a work which—although greatly in vogue in its time—is now really out of date.
9At the moment the Author is thinking more particularly of some of the once famous violin schools, excellent of their kind, namely those by Geminiani (pupil of Corelli), "The Art of Violin Playing," published in 1740; by Leopold Mozart (father of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), disciple of the Mannheim School, "Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule," (1756); and by Campagnoli, "Méthode de Violon," published in 1823.
11Although there are many adherents of the German violin-schools of Spohr (1831) and David (1862), the writer feels that by far the most comprehensive and practical method was written by de Beriot* (1858). The gradual developments are always melodious and musical, leading the pupil forward by sure and easy steps that at once arrest the interest.
13To those who lean towards the French School with its elegance and freedom of style, Alard's "Ecole de Violon," and Dancla's "Méthode élémentaire et progressive du Violon," can also be thoroughly recommended.
15Turning now to the German Violin schools, the names of Spohr, David, H. Ries, Hermann, Hohmann and Schön are household words, particularly in their own country. As to Spohr—he progresses far too rapidly to secure the best results.
17There are in his violin-school three open string exercises, nine easy finger exercises, ten studies for the management of the bow and cultivation of time, seven progressive exercises in the various major modes, five progressive exercises
19* The original Edition of de Beriot's "School" should be obtained.
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