lilli s 09458 A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of* Violin Playing EARLY IV1USIC SERIES MAYER BROWN Embellishing Sixteenth Century JMusic JAMES BLADES AND JEREMY MONTAGU Early Percussion Instruments MONTAGU JEREMY A/faking Early Percussion Instruments JAMES TYLER A The Early Guitar: History andHandbook JOHN CALDWELL Editing Early Asfusic A on Treatise the Fundamental of Principles Violin Playing by Mozart Leopold Translated by Editha Knocker SECOND EDITION Oxford New York OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS OxfordUniversityPress* WaltonStreet*Oxford0x2.<5op Oxford New York Toronto Delhi Bombay Calcutta Madras Karachi KualaLumpur Singapore ffongKong Tokyo Nairobi Oares Salaam Cape Town Melbourne Auckland andassociatedcompaniesin Beirut Berlin Ibadan Mexico City Nicosia Oxfordisa.trademarkofOxford"UniversityPress Thistranslation<g)*P4#EdithaKnocker PrefaceandNoteto 985reprint<g>OxfordUniversityPress Firstpublishedin1948 Secondedition1951 Firstpublishedinpaperback1085 Allrightsreserved.Afopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced, storedinaretrievalsystem*ortransmitted* inanyjormorbyanymeans, electronic*mechanical,photocopying*recording*orotherwise*without thepriorpermissionofOxfordUniversityPress Thisbookissoldsubjecttotheconditionthatitshallnot*byway oftradeorotherwise*belent*re-sold*hiredoutorotherwisecirculated withoutthepublisher'spriorconsentinanyformofbindingorcover otherthan,thatinwhichitispublishedandwithoutasimilarcondition includingthisconditionbeingimposedonthesubsequentpurchaser BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData Atreatiseon-MtohxeaJrutn*daL-meeonptoalldprinciplesof violinplaying. 2nded. {Earlymusicseries) i. Violin I. Title II. Versucheinergrundlichen Violinschule,English ///.Series 787.1*07*12 ISB^f029-31 LibraryofCongrcssCataloginginPublicationData Mozart*Leopold* 1719 1787. A \l^ersucheinergrundlichenl^iolinschule.English^ treatiseontheJundamentalprinciplesc*fviolinplaying. (Earlymusicseries;6) Translationof: l^ersucheinergrundlichen Violinschule. Reprint.Originallypublished:zrtded.London: OxfordUni-versityPre-ss* 1931*<g)JCp-fA. Withnewintrod. Includesindex. 1. Violin Methods Early-worksto1800. I. Title. II.Series:Earlymusicseries(London*England:10,76);6. MT262.MJ&S3B.1Z9V8o5 1973871-8^5'0i7*^14X. 852895 PrintedinGreatBritain atthe Universityf*ress9Oxford byDavidStanford Printertothe "University Contents ..... NOTE TO 1985 REPRINT. By ALEC HYATT KING . . vii .... PREFACE. By ALFRED EINSTEIN. xi TRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION xxxii TRANSLATOR'S NOTE TO SECOND EDITION xxxiv . . .7 AUTHOR'S PREFACE INTRODUCTION TO THE VIOLINSCHULE I. OfStringed Instruments, and in particular the Violin . . 10 II. AOfSthhoertOrHiigsitnoroyfoMfusMiucs,icand Mus.ical In.strumen.ts .. ..1917 CHAPTER I I. Ofthe Old and New Musical Letters and Notes, together with.25 the Lines and Clefs now in use . . . . .30 II. OfTime, or Musical Time-measu.re .. .. .. . III. OftheDurationorValueoftheNotes,Rests,andDots, together withan Explanation ofallMusical Signs andTechnicalWords . 35 Musical Technical Terms 50 CHAPTER II. How the Violinist must hold the Violin and direct the Bow * . . . . . . . - 54 ........ CHAPTER III. What the Pupil must observe before he begins to play; in other words what should be placed before him from the beginning 64 CHAPTER IV. Ofthe Order ofthe Up and Down Strokes . . 73 CONTENTS vi ........ CHAPTER V. How, by adroit control ofthe Bow, one should seek to produce a goodtone on a Violin and bring it forth in the right manner 96 CHAPTER VI. Ofthe so-called Triplet . . . .103 CHAPTERVII.OfthemanyvarietiesofBowing I. Ofthe varieties ofBowin.g in e.ven no.tes .. .. ..114 II. OfvariationsofBowinginfigureswhicharecomposedofvaried and unequal notes. 124 CHAPTER Of ...... VIII. thePositions I. Ofthe so-called Whole Position. . . . .132 II. Ofthe HalfPosition 140 III. Ofthe Compound.or Mi.xed P.osition.. .. .. .- 147 CHAPTER IX. Ofthe Appoggiature, and some Embellishments be- longing thereto 166 CHAPTER X. On the Trill l86 CHAPTER XL Of the Tremolo, Mordent, and some other impro- vised Embellishments . . . . . 203 CHAPTER XII. Of Reading Music correctly, and in particular, of Good Execution .215 . . . . , . INDEX 22? TRANSLATOR'S APPENDIX 233 TABLE OF BOWING 236
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