Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Books › An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925 › scan 269

Scan 269

An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925

20 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. Printed page 241. See the scan on archive.org.

1the A in the third position is very tricky. The following example endeavors to describe it graphically:
3Glide with the second finger.
4Sustain the second A. Descend with a very slight glissando from the fourth A of measure 15 to the first B of measure 16, thus conveying a very marked feeling of tenderness. This is one of those exceptions to rule which explain themselves. It may not be correct from an absolute point of view, but absolutism is an essentially academic formula, and too rigorous academic principles are fatal to art.
6At measure 18 revert to tempo. The triplets of measure 23 should be played without precipitation and mezzo forte, while those of measure 25 should be played forcefully. Play from measure 27 to measure 30 with clean-cut rhythm. In measure 29 take care to accent the C and the C sharp well, and in measure 30 the D should be heavily accented.
8In the interval from measure 1 to measure 8 the violinist has an opportunity of displaying his musicianship. The impression of clarity which this period should make depends entirely upon true accentuation, which must be secured by means of a bowing all the more famous because it was the invention of a pianist. The section must be played strictly in time.
10The following example will show my version of how the shading of the four measures 17 to 21 should be carried out:
12Play measures 28 and 29 with great breadth.
14Measures 1 to 13 should be presented eloquently, and measures 9 to 15 with kind of sorrowful depression.
15Hold back slightly in measure 15 and revert to tempo in measure 16.
16Accent the G sharp in measure 17.
17Play both D's in measure 28 with great tranquillity.
19Measures 29 and 30 of period eight as well as measures 1 and 14 of this period should be played chronometrically in time.

The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.