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An Encyclopedia of the Violin, 1925
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1Two of the most interesting contributions to American violin literature are offered by Harry Newton Redman in the form of violin sonatas of not too elaborate dimensions, but musicianly to the highest degree in conception. The works of Edmund Severn, English by birth, but American by virtue of long residence, include a concerto, a sonata and three characteristic suites which reveal him as a composer of unusual attainments.
3Albert Spalding, the eminent American violinist, has written two concertos, a suite and a sonata for the violin, all of which evidence a talent for composition quite in accord with his abilities as a virtuoso. Passing notice should also be given to the violin works of Samuel Gardner, whose concerto for the violin has been most favorably commented upon by musical authorities.
5The foregoing review in no way makes pretense of including all of the important violin works in the larger forms which have been written by American composers, and are in published or manuscript form. Judging by those which the author has seen, it is well worth while for every performer, student or lover of the violin to become acquainted with the works of American composers, not merely because they are American composers, but because the compositions themselves are of an original, a wholesome, and a sincere character.
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