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The violin : solo playing, soloists and solos, 1905
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1by starts of application, or by a few years' preparation of study, afterwards discontinued, that eminence can be attained. No! it can only be attained by means of regular industry, grown up into a habit, and ready to be exerted on every occasion that calls for it. This is the fixed law of our profession; and he must have a very high opinion of his own abilities indeed that can believe himself an exception to it. A very wise law of our profession it is, for industry is, in truth, the seasoning of every musical pleasure. It is this which characterised all the great violinists of the past; it is this which must distinguish those who would tread in their steps.
3Regarding exercises for daily practice, of course the Studies by Kreutzer, Fiorillo, Rode and Gavinies must be included. It would be a reproach to anyone to be unacquainted with them. All four composers were amazing and comprehensive geniuses. I know of no ordinary difficult studies which abound more with good sense. All the principles of solid playing are to be found in them. Paganini's Twenty-four Caprices contain invaluable qualities, although with learned musicians they are brought into a sort of disesteem. However, they are not dull, and they are evidently gaining ground in popularity. Who ever commences to practice Paganini, must consider that he is tackling the most difficult music in the world. The prodigious number of difficulties with which they abound, the surprising variety with which he has diversified them, are boundless. They contain ideas natural and animated, and very often expressive. Ernst's concert studies teem with beauties of every kind, and they are inferior to none. His ideas are full of majesty and wonderfully adapted to the instrument. They are of a calm, yet amazing grandeur, which fix us in a state of elevation and astonishment. They are wonderful and stupendous. Sauret's "Etudes Artistiques," Op. 38, possess everything a violin player is capable of doing. The same applies to Wieniawski's "Ecole Moderne." For purely technical studies I very strongly recommend Wilhelmj's "Thirds," the most complete book I have ever
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