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This volume examines in detail the numerous violin treatises of the late- 18th and early-19th centuries. It provides an historical and technical guide to violin pedagogical method, technique and performance practice during this period.
This handbook provides an historical account of the development of the violin, viola and their close relatives, as well as a practical guide to playing techniques and principles of interpretation. Its six detailed case studies will assist readers in forging well-grounded, period interpretations of major works from the repertory.
Beethoven's Violin Concerto was the only significant work of this genre to appear between Mozart's five concertos of 1775 and Mendelssohn's E minor Concerto of 1844. This is the first individual study of the Concerto, exploring the work's background and its indifferent initial reception.
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