A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing

A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing
Author: Leopold Mozart
Publisher: Early Music
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1985
Genre: Violin
ISBN: 9780193185135

Leopold Mozart's Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing was the major work of its period on the violin and comparable in importance to Quantz's treatise on the flute and P.E. Bach's on the piano. This translation by Editha Knocker was the first to appear in English andremains scholarly and eminently readable.

Mozart's Music of Friends

Mozart's Music of Friends
Author: Edward Klorman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 359
Release: 2016-04-21
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1107093651

This study analyzes chamber music from Mozart's time within its highly social salon-performance context.

Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching

Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching
Author: Ivan Galamian
Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2017-12-27
Genre: MUSIC
ISBN: 9781626545052

"Galamian presents his teaching philosophy, including specific advice on posture, technique, interpretation, and recommended practice structure"--Back cover.

Leopold Mozart as the Father of Violin Pedagogy and His Violinshule

Leopold Mozart as the Father of Violin Pedagogy and His Violinshule
Author: Kateryna Kolesnyk
Publisher:
Total Pages: 25
Release: 2014
Genre: Violin
ISBN:

This work includes analysis of Leopold Mozart's Violinshule, reviews of the book and letters written by Leopold Mozart. One of the challenges was the errors made during the translation, which make it difficult to understand what Leopold Mozart really wanted to say. It is always a problem with the translation of such treatises. The Translator should know not only the original language, but also its eighteen century version, and also be familiar with violin technique and its specifics during eighteenth century. Leopold Mozart's Violinshule gives us a better understanding of how violin was played during the eighteen century, which would be helpful for the historical performance. At the same time, it is the valuable source of information for every practical musician, violin teacher or even young student to understand better aspects of violin technique and aesthetic of musical performance in general.

Ornamentation and Improvisation in Mozart

Ornamentation and Improvisation in Mozart
Author: Frederick Neumann
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2019-01-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0691656843

This book is a sequel to Frederick Neumann's Ornamentation in Baroque and Post-Baroque Music, With Special Emphasis on J.S. Bach (Princeton, 1978). In the present volume, the first work on this subject for Mozart's music, the author continues his important contributions to the search for historically correct performance practices, and to the liberation of the performer from improperly conceived and overly restrictive interpretation of musical scores. The first part of this book attempts to free ornamentation in Mozart from rigorism that has resulted from confusing the pure abstraction of ornament tables with concrete musical situations. The second part deals with pitches that were not written in the score yet often intended to be added when Mozart left "white spots" in his notation. These additions range from single notes to lengthy cadenzas. The problem addressed is the question of where such additions are possible or necessary and how they might best be designed. Professor Neumann draws on an immense knowledge of the literature written during Mozart's time and on his own comprehension of the subtleties of Mozart's music and musical styles. Refusing to interpret the sources dogmatically, he frees performers of Mozart from the rigid princples too often imposed by modern scholars. Frederick Neumann is Professor of Music Emeritus at the University of Richmond. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.