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This volume is one of the first to examine in detail the numerous violin treatises of the late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth centuries. It provides a scholarly historical and technical guide to violin pedagogical method, technique and performance practice during the most critical period in the history of the instrument. Extracts in translation from the most significant and authoritative sources are presented with introductions, commentary, illustrations, extensive musical examples and a glossary of specific ornaments. It will be ofFInterest and use to students, performers, and historians.Stowell, Robin is the author of 'Violin Technique and Performance Practice in the Late-Eighteenth and Early-Nineteenth Centuries', published 1990 under ISBN 9780521397445 and ISBN 0521397448.
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