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An encyclopedia of the violin

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1CONTENTS

3INTRODUCTION BY EUGÈNE YSAŸE …………………………………………….. V

4AUTHOR'S PREFACE ……………………………………………………….. vii

5EDITOR'S PREFACE ……………………………………………………….. ix

7CHAPTER

8I. THE ORIGIN OF THE VIOLIN ………………………………………….. 1

9II. VIOLIN MAKERS IN EUROPE ………………………………………….. 9

10III. VIOLIN MAKERS IN AMERICA ……………………………………….. 49

11IV. THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VIOLIN ………………………………. 56

12V. COLORS AND VARNISHES …………………………………………….. 101

13VI. THE VIOLIN BOW—MAKERS AND CONSTRUCTION ………………… 114

14VII. VIOLIN BRIDGE, STRING AND ROSIN MAKING …………………….. 138

15VIII. VIOLIN TEACHING AND STUDY ……………………………………. 155

16IX. THE EVOLUTION OF THE ART OF VIOLIN PLAYING ………………… 158

17X. HOW TO PRACTICE ……………………………………………………… 161

18XI. TONE AND ITS DEVELOPMENT ………………………………………. 166

19XII. TONE AND THE VARIOUS BOWINGS ………………………………… 185

20XIII. THE EVOLUTION OF VIOLIN TECHNIQUE …………………………… 188

21XIV. THE USE OF THE BOW ………………………………………………. 200

22XV. ACCENTUATION OR EMPHASIS ……………………………………….. 203

23XVI. THE GLISSANDO OR PORTAMENTO ………………………………….. 209

24XVII. ANALYSES OF MASTER VIOLIN WORKS …………………………….. 212

25XVIII. VIOLIN COLLECTING IN EUROPE AND AMERICA ………………… 271

26XIX. CHAMBER MUSIC ……………………………………………………. 288

27XX. THE PHONOGRAPH AND THE VIOLIN ………………………………… 312

28XXI. GLOSSARY OF MUSICAL TERMS ……………………………………… 321

29XXII. BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF VIOLINISTS ……………………….. 336

30XXIII. LITERATURE RELATING TO THE VIOLIN …………………………… 415

31XXIV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF VIOLIN MUSIC ……………………………. 424

32XXV. A LIST OF MUSIC FOR THE VIOLIN ………………………………… 427

33INDEX …………………………………………………………………………. 469

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