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An Encyclopedia of the Violin

Alberto Bachmann. 1925.

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13 INTRODUCTION Read
15 AUTHOR'S PREFACE Read
17 EDITOR'S PREFACE Read
19 CONTENTS Read
21 ILLUSTRATIONS Read
22 PLATE Read
25 AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE VIOLIN Read
26 2 is not met with in France until about th… Read
28 4 It is only just to remark, however, that… Read
30 6 The labels of this master are conceived… Read
32 8 We may set the date of the actual creati… Read
33 9 CHAPTER II Read
34 10 Francesco Ruggieri detto il per Cremona… Read
35 11 cellent bow maker. His sons, Michael and… Read
37 13 used by Balestrieri is reproduced on Pla… Read
39 15 he surpassed all his predecessors and so… Read
40 16 Joseph Guarnerius fecit Cremonae anno 17… Read
41 17 BUSAN, DOMENICO, Vicenza, Venice, 1740 t… Read
43 19 this he went to Clement as assistant, an… Read
45 21 DENNIS, JESSE, London, b. 1795, d. after… Read
46 22 Antonius, & Hieronymus Fr. Amati Cremone… Read
47 23 of Bernhard, his eldest brother. Jacob w… Read
49 25 good wood and a red varnish. Only a few… Read
51 27 GIBBS, JAMES, London 1800, d. about 1845… Read
53 29 instruments on the Stradivarius model, b… Read
54 30 Nicolas Lupot Luthier rue de Grammont; à… Read
55 31 ers and Their Imitators (London 1875 and… Read
57 33 HÜLLER (HULLER), AUGUSTIN, Schöneck, 173… Read
58 34 by Landolfi is reproduced on Plate 8, an… Read
59 35 Jacobusstainer in Albon prope Oemigenium… Read
60 36 label used by Maggini is reproduced on P… Read
62 38 NAYLOR, ISAAC, Headingly, b. Leeds; 1778… Read
63 39 PECCENINI, ALESSANDRO, Bologna, 1581 to… Read
64 40 ROCCA, GIUSEPPE ANTONIO, Turin, Genoa, b… Read
67 41 SCHWARTZ, GEORG FRIEDRICH, Strassburg, b… Read
68 42 Stainer was the younger brother of Jacob… Read
70 44 is said to have paid the enormous sum of… Read
71 45 Benjamin Banks Read
72 46 TOPPANI (TAPPANI), (MICHEL) ANGELO (DE),… Read
74 48 Wenger, Gregori Ferdinand, Augsburg, b.… Read
75 49 CHAPTER III Read
76 50 "GEMÜNDER ART VIOLIN Read
77 51 ment and desiring to create one for his… Read
80 54 Goss, Walter Solon, Boston, Mass. Read
82 56 CHAPTER IV Read
84 58 Although the violin is the best known an… Read
86 60 The violoncello, which is tuned an octav… Read
87 61 purfling was further removed from the si… Read
89 63 their arch being raised no more than a h… Read
90 64 well cut, and are individual inasmuch as… Read
92 66 One of the most essential factors toward… Read
94 68 hundred years ago or more, by the Stradi… Read
95 69 of the compass are approached in such wi… Read
96 70 A to point G, passing from one to the ot… Read
97 71 It is by means of these two instruments… Read
99 73 Finally, the eight screw holes seen in F… Read
100 74 mold are absolutely on a level, which sh… Read
101 75 It might be observed here that maple or… Read
102 76 by the plane. In order to do so the tool… Read
103 77 by the mold and the corners with its ent… Read
104 78 blocks, their ends are introduced into t… Read
106 80 that the surface is absolutely level. Th… Read
107 81 the upper and of the lower part of the i… Read
108 82 This procedure serves to fix at once the… Read
110 84 the sound board. They are not pierced un… Read
111 85 Care having been taken, then, to establi… Read
112 86 which are found between the square and t… Read
113 87 that the grain of the wood is on the sam… Read
114 88 is placed flat on the sound board, and,… Read
115 89 the plane is used again, with more or le… Read
116 90 gone over with the knife in order to dee… Read
117 91 might believe at first glance that the w… Read
118 92 and on the two straight lines of wood an… Read
119 93 with scrapers and glass paper. The gouge… Read
120 94 HOW TO MAKE THE FINGER BOARD Read
121 95 It might be well to observe, before taki… Read
122 96 1/6 of an inch of elevation above the so… Read
123 97 tracer or a knife point in the flat surf… Read
124 98 A rat-tail file is then used to cut the… Read
125 99 graceful as those made in Mirecourt can… Read
126 100 In order to ascertain the height of the… Read
127 101 CHAPTER V Read
128 102 allowed to macerate for two or three wee… Read
129 103 Brownish Red.—This color, which is the c… Read
130 104 A glazed earthenware dish should be fill… Read
131 105 color desired is to approach more or les… Read
132 106 The bottle should then be uncorked, and… Read
133 107 Drying Oil or Oil Varnish Read
134 108 of terebinth is poured, and it is then p… Read
135 109 following this should be poured carefull… Read
136 110 When the violin has been covered with va… Read
137 111 yellowish-red dye also known as annatto. Read
138 112 Garance (Fleur-de-garance or madder-bloo… Read
139 113 made of the old roots of the Curcuma lon… Read
140 114 CHAPTER VI Read
142 116 Johann Christoph, a highly skilled bow m… Read
144 118 AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE VIOLIN Read
146 120 line, AC, is drawn, representing the len… Read
147 121 "The bows of stringed instruments, as th… Read
148 122 patron, and later this gentleman and mys… Read
150 124 Bows that are at all expensive are made… Read
152 126 One of these drills is intended to bore… Read
153 127 used to saw iron, brass, ivory, mother-o… Read
155 129 HOW THE STICK IS MADE Read
156 130 The wood is then once more dressed with… Read
157 131 It would be advisable for those who wish… Read
158 132 for it must be placed well in the center… Read
159 133 The heel end of the nut is that part of… Read
160 134 the hairs would not fail to rest against… Read
161 135 button, taking care that the hole which… Read
162 136 stick with scrapers and glass paper and,… Read
163 137 nut is then set on the wedge box, and in… Read
164 138 CHAPTER VII Read
166 140 and economical to use bridges already pr… Read
168 142 they would risk receiving them in a stat… Read
169 143 with a split, beveled cane, which they h… Read
170 144 ing passage through the water, the stren… Read
171 145 several fixed pegs, while the opposite e… Read
172 146 latter are then moistened with sponges,… Read
174 148 Finishing the Strings Read
175 149 not flexible, and do not easily resume t… Read
176 150 the sulphur bath, since, as chemistry te… Read
178 152 the larger factories this operation is c… Read
179 153 whole intestines in a double-bass string… Read
180 154 hair it should whiten it and not give it… Read
181 155 CHAPTER VIII Read
182 156 taking teacher, must follow exactly the… Read
183 157 War, there seems to be hardly any questi… Read
184 CHAPTER IX Read
187 ne true head of all the "schools" in exi… Read
188 160 Joachim's line of violinistic descent ru… Read
189 161 CHAPTER X Read
190 162 In the Beethoven Concerto, the opening p… Read
192 164 The work should not be made heavy and cl… Read
193 165 first few measures my neighbor exclaimed… Read
194 166 CHAPTER XI Read
195 167 The French and Italians, in general, hav… Read
196 168 sonorous while playing, and that when th… Read
197 169 Play this same exercise first quickly an… Read
198 170 The staccato should not come from the wr… Read
199 171 At certain points it is at times necessa… Read
200 172 This incorrect accentuation rarely occur… Read
201 173 is not as perfect as the trill in triple… Read
202 174 Now it is worth mentioning that though B… Read
203 175 In the trill in the first movement the f… Read
204 176 ANCIENT MUSICAL ABBREVIATIONS Read
205 177 The détaché should be played in the exac… Read
206 178 The majority of violinists, however, pla… Read
207 179 The martelé, if taken rightly, means tha… Read
208 180 "Design corresponds to honesty and since… Read
209 181 they are interassociated by some histori… Read
210 182 favorable to the artist, public performa… Read
211 183 object is to define the properties and r… Read
213 185 CHAPTER XII Read
214 186 The method indicated by the slurs above… Read
215 187 One of the most complex details of violi… Read
216 188 CHAPTER XIII Read
217 189 In his Twenty-four Caprices, Locatelli (… Read
218 190 composition in accordance with the tradi… Read
219 191 "I would recommend every violinist to st… Read
220 192 Henri Wieniawski, employs the same devic… Read
221 193 Then we have the reception given the fam… Read
222 194 and deserves gratitude for being the fir… Read
223 195 Fleigende Holländer (Wagner) Read
224 196 the Concerto with his habitual talent, a… Read
225 197 which is quite illogical. It would be pr… Read
226 198 alteration which should facilitate the p… Read
227 199 nevertheless, once they are taken up in… Read
228 200 CHAPTER XIV Read
229 201 What is done in the G Minor Symphony of… Read
230 202 A defective bow technique is the point o… Read
231 203 CHAPTER XV Read
232 204 the result is monotony itself, while if… Read
233 205 In the allegretto which precedes the viv… Read
234 206 In this vigorously martial two-measure p… Read
235 207 THE TECHNICAL ACCENTUATION Read
237 209 CHAPTER XVI Read
238 210 This movement from B to F is all too oft… Read
240 212 CHAPTER XVII Read
241 213 1 Read
242 214 Play the four first measures with tender… Read
243 215 since the chords, arranged in the follow… Read
244 216 Carry out a voluminous stretto in the cr… Read
245 217 These five measures are most characteris… Read
246 218 the second measure a slight crescendo, a… Read
247 219 We give below the bowing which we have f… Read
248 220 Play mezzo forte, with a slight crescend… Read
249 221 In measure 1 the triplets should be play… Read
250 222 that the master was influenced by a spir… Read
251 223 4 Read
252 224 scription: "Concerto Written for Clement… Read
253 225 ould not be crowded together on one and… Read
254 226 each note should be played with an incre… Read
255 227 Measures 19 and 20 are characterized by… Read
256 228 The shading at this point should be unif… Read
257 229 We begin period nine after the tutti. Read
258 230 Larghetto Read
259 231 Play the final measures of this admirabl… Read
260 232 From measure 15 on allow the adorable pe… Read
261 233 it is that of maintaining a rigorous rhy… Read
262 234 The sforzando on the C of measure 12 sho… Read
263 235 The 20 measures preceding the first repe… Read
264 236 and the following one at the repeat: Read
265 237 The measure before the last should be pl… Read
266 238 was a violinist of great talent, and as… Read
267 239 The octaves of measures 10 to 12 should… Read
268 240 Play measures 15 to 22 mezzo forte, if n… Read
269 241 the A in the third position is very tric… Read
270 242 In measures 22 to 30 recall the beginnin… Read
271 243 15 Read
272 244 In measure 11 let the D stand out. In me… Read
273 245 According to the Joachim edition, measur… Read
274 246 Measures 1 to 4 should be played with gr… Read
275 247 This magnificent work is more musical th… Read
276 248 A pianissimo shading not being possible… Read
277 249 illustration of the melody orchestrally… Read
278 250 The superb phrase which runs from measur… Read
279 251 Measures 22 to 31 should be played very… Read
280 252 strictly in time. The organ point should… Read
281 253 almost metronomically, with a prolonged… Read
282 254 The ravishing episode which begins with… Read
283 255 Introduce a rapid crescendo in measures… Read
284 256 Accent the third and sixth beats of meas… Read
285 257 The delightful andante should be played… Read
286 258 not a single violinist who has composed… Read
287 259 An intensive effect may be obtained at m… Read
288 260 The harmonics at the close of this movem… Read
289 261 THE SYMPHONIE ESPAGNOLE Read
290 262 Avoid drowning the individual notes whil… Read
291 263 and somewhat further on we find a detail… Read
292 264 4 Read
293 265 are very fully indicated—are all observe… Read
294 266 The first recitation, as well as that wh… Read
295 267 A special effort should be made to play… Read
296 268 The student must endeavor to realize tha… Read
297 269 Also make a crescendo at the commencemen… Read
298 270 of the chromatic passage played sautillé… Read
299 271 CHAPTER XVIII Read
301 273 sibilities of the instrument rapidly spr… Read
303 275 In France and Belgium, collections of vi… Read
306 278 trace as far as possible some of the int… Read
308 280 Germany many years, having the opportuni… Read
310 282 Antonius Stradivarius (continued) Read
312 284 Joseph Guarnerius del Gesu (continued) Read
314 986 <table> Read
317 287 in question for a reasonable length of t… Read
318 288 CHAPTER XIX Read
320 290 these great works of art. It would requi… Read
323 293 certs on Sundays which every one might a… Read
325 295 HALIR QUARTET. Composed of Carl Halir, G… Read
328 298 Quartet Op. 76, No. 5—Haydn Read
330 300 this quartet, Karl Friedrich Muller, als… Read
333 303 Remporat and Artura Cuccoli. Many change… Read
335 305 In the Mozart String Quartet No. I, dedi… Read
336 306 of one man has created these marvels whi… Read
337 307 CHAMBER MUSIC TEMPOS Read
338 308 Menuetto Read
339 309 CHAMBER MUSIC TEMPOS Read
340 310 70. Allegro molto Read
341 311 Un poco più vivace = 112 Read
342 312 CHAPTER XX Read
343 313 Thaïs by Massenet may be mentioned, reco… Read
344 314 Brahms, Joh. Read
345 315 Drdla, Fr. Read
346 316 Gossec, F. J. Read
347 317 Massenet, J. Read
348 318 Rode, Pierre Read
349 319 Sibelius, J. Read
350 320 Wieniawski, H. Read
351 321 CHAPTER XXI Read
352 322 by an elaborate introduction and followe… Read
353 323 Avec (Fr.). With. Read
354 324 prices for violin were those by Locatell… Read
355 325 time, having rather a lively movement wi… Read
356 326 Embellishment. See grace note. Read
357 327 Gaiement (Fr.). Merrily, gayly. Read
358 328 Intonation. The production of sound on t… Read
359 329 from the ancient lute family (pear-shape… Read
360 330 a drone bass note being used to make the… Read
361 331 Polacca (Pol.). The polacca (or polonais… Read
362 332 Ritardando (It.). Same as ritard. Read
363 333 Siciliano. An ancient quiet dance in 6/8… Read
364 334 Sul (It.). On (or near) the bridge as su… Read
365 335 Tristesse (Fr.). Sadness. Read
366 336 CHAPTER XXII Read
368 338 a performer on the violin he was highly… Read
369 339 ARDITI, EMILIA, woman violinist, b. abou… Read
370 340 fessor of violin at the Vienna Conservat… Read
372 342 der Beck and Joachim. Concertmaster and… Read
373 343 consecutive concerts at Berlin, and is n… Read
374 344 silver medal for proficiency. Appeared a… Read
375 345 GREEN, mulatto violinist, b. Poland abou… Read
377 347 the great European Orchestras. Made nume… Read
378 348 of Great Britain. Taught the violin at t… Read
379 349 numerous successful tours of Europe and… Read
380 350 has grown to be a part of the city's mus… Read
381 351 1817. Studied under Habeneck at the Pari… Read
383 353 and Ysaye. Appeared as soloist at St. Ja… Read
384 354 EICHBERG, JULIUS, German violinist and c… Read
385 355 ness. For the youthful player or beginne… Read
386 356 Fontana, Giovanni Batista, Italian violi… Read
388 358 and composer, b. Lucca, about 1680. Stud… Read
389 359 Music, Chicago. His compositions include… Read
390 360 played by Paganini which without him wou… Read
391 361 Ysaye. Appeared as soloist in Berlin in… Read
392 362 April 24, 1800. Studied under Böhm and b… Read
394 364 he was awarded first prize for violin pl… Read
395 365 the violin he combines unusual talent wi… Read
396 366 on the violin she possessed a splendid t… Read
398 368 JENSEN, GUSTAV, German violinist and com… Read
399 369 York, Dec. 13, 1884. Studied under Hilf,… Read
400 370 KRAHMER, CAROLINE, Austrian violinist, b… Read
402 372 at the Prague Conservatory, graduating w… Read
403 373 LANGLEY, BEATRICE, English violinist, b.… Read
404 374 a performer on the violin he was one of… Read
406 376 certmaster of various important American… Read
407 377 Became a teacher at Edinburgh and leader… Read
408 378 Appeared as soloist at the Paris Concert… Read
409 379 McCarthy, Maud, American violinist. Stud… Read
411 381 he Cincinnati Conservatory. Compositions… Read
412 382 for the violin. D. Santander, Sept. 28,… Read
414 384 MOSER, ANDREAS, Hungarian violinist and… Read
415 385 Santa Barbara, California. Compositions… Read
416 386 the Vienna Conservatory and was graduate… Read
417 387 n London and married the pianist, Anna C… Read
419 389 PARLOW, KATHLEEN, Canadian violinist, b.… Read
420 390 ist and composer, b. Lambeth, Sept. 25,… Read
421 391 violin he had an extraordinarily powerfu… Read
422 392 other organizations throughout Europe. N… Read
424 394 business, first in Dresden and later in… Read
425 395 the viola, for which he had a great fond… Read
426 396 nani. Spent his entire life in Dessau, w… Read
427 397 orchestra at the first concert in 1813.… Read
429 399 fessor at the Cincinnati College of Musi… Read
430 400 head of the Master School for violin at… Read
431 401 d was equally well received in London fo… Read
433 403 a string quartet, giving more than 400 c… Read
434 404 London, retiring in 1893. D. Cambridge i… Read
435 405 pointed violinist at San Antonio's Churc… Read
436 406 France and Germany with Hayot Quartet. H… Read
438 408 concertmaster of the New Haven Symphony… Read
439 409 VERBRUGGHEN, HENRI, Belgian violinist an… Read
440 410 clavier). One of Vivaldi's violin concer… Read
441 411 of operatic fantasias for the violin, wa… Read
443 413 for many years. In 1849 he gave classica… Read
444 414 ist, b. Ostrow, Aug. 26, 1878. Studied u… Read
445 415 CHAPTER XXIII Read
446 416 In addition to the above, the large univ… Read
447 417 LITERATURE RELATING TO THE VIOLIN Read
448 418 Auer, Leopold, My Long Life in Music Read
449 419 LITERATURE RELATING TO THE VIOLIN Read
450 420 Haweis, H. R., Old Violins Read
451 421 MARTENS, FREDERICK, String Mastery Read
452 422 Rebs, Alexander, Anleitung zum Lackiren… Read
453 423 VIDAL, M., Les Instruments à archet Read
454 CHAPTER XXIV Read
457 was his development of the technique of… Read
458 426 thousands of unpublished manuscripts wri… Read
459 427 Two of the most interesting contribution… Read
460 428 CHAPTER XXV Read
461 429 not be procured by the local music deale… Read
462 430 Wassmann, Karl Read
463 431 Herrmann, Ed. Read
464 432 Sauret, Emile Read
465 433 Weiss, Julius Read
466 434 6. VIOLIN SOLOS WITH PIANO ACCOMPANIMENT Read
467 435 Babell, William Read
468 436 Beriot, Ch. de (Cont’d) Read
469 437 Bossi, M. Enrico (Cont’d) Read
470 438 Cliffe, Frederic (Cont’d) Read
471 439 Debussy, Claude (Cont’d) Read
472 440 Elgar, E. (Cont’d) Read
473 441 Galliard, J. E. Read
474 442 Gouvy, Th. Read
475 443 Henry, J. Harold Read
476 444 Jongen, J. Read
477 445 Lacombe, P. (Cont’d) Read
478 446 MacDowell, E. (Cont’d) Read
479 447 Mitnitzky, I. (Cont’d) Read
480 448 Ortemans, René (Cont’d) Read
481 449 Raff, Joachim Read
482 450 Roussel, Albert Read
483 451 Schink, H. Read
484 452 Sitt, Hans (Cont'd) Read
485 453 Tartini, Giuseppe (Cont'd) Read
486 454 Vieuxtemps, Henri (Cont'd) Read
487 455 Wieniawski, Henri (Cont'd) Read
488 456 Giordani, Th. Read
489 457 Godard, Benj. Read
490 458 Draeseke, F. Read
491 459 Viotti, J. B. (Cont'd) Read
492 460 Gossec Read
493 461 Rheinberger, Joseph Read
494 462 THREE VIOLINS Read
495 463 Schmidt, E. Read
496 464 Castillon, A. de Read
497 465 Sochting, E. (Cont’d) Read
498 466 Jullien, René Read
499 467 22. QUARTETS FOR PIANO, VIOLIN, VIOLA AN… Read
500 468 25. QUINTETS FOR TWO VIOLINS, VIOLA, CEL… Read
501 469 INDEX Read
502 470 Partello collection, 278 Read
503 Important Educational Violin Works in th… Read
504 Recreational Violin Collections in the "… Read

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