Scan 143
The violin & its story : or the history & construction of the violin, 1905
29 lines. Read by computer on 29 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
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1"THE STRAD" LIBRARY, No. V.
3Crown 8vo., Cloth, 2/6, Post Free, 2/9.
5TECHNICS OF VIOLONCELLO PLAYING
6BY
7E. VAN DER STRAETEN.
9COPIOUSLY ILLUSTRATED.
11Copy of Letter received by the Author from the great 'cellist,
12SIGNOR ALFRED PIATTI.
14Cadenabbia, Lake of Como, March 9th, 1898.
15Dear Sir,—I received the book you kindly sent me on "The Technics of Violoncello Playing," which I found excellent, particularly for beginners, which naturally was your scope. With many thanks for kindly remembering an old ex-violoncello player.
16Believe me, yours sincerely,
17ALFRED PIATTI.
19Copy of Letter received by the Author from the eminent 'cellist,
20HERR DAVID POPPER.
22Budapest, February 22nd, 1898.
23Dear Sir,—In sending me your book on "The Technics of Violoncello Playing" you have given me a real and true pleasure. I know of no work, tutors and studies not excepted, which presents so much valuable material, so much that is absolutely to the point, avoiding—I might say, on principle—all that is superfluous and dispensable. Every earnest thinking violoncello student will in future make your book his own and thereby receive hints which will further and complete the instructions of his master.
24I congratulate you and ourselves most heartily on the new violoncello book. With kind regards, Yours most sincerely,
25DAVID POPPER.
27LONDON:
28"STRAD" OFFICE, 3, GREEN TERRACE, ROSEBERY AVENUE, E.C.
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