THE VIOLIN & VIOLINISTS
COLLECTION
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A superb collection of
118 vintage books on one USB flash drive, including some really rare titles and
providing a fabulous library for anyone with an interest in THE VIOLIN.
Containing literally 1000’s
upon 1000’s of pages of information and beautiful illustrations, this wonderful
collection is an absolute treasure trove of information. Discover the history
of the violin, the art of its construction and repair. Learn all about violin
making including descriptions of the world renowned creations of Stradivari.
This library also contains many books on how to learn to play the violin with
100’s of tips and techniques – from choosing the right violin to mastering
arrangements. Overall, this is a valuable reference archive for the beginner,
professional and historian alike.
This amazing collection
of 118 original vintage books have all been professionally scanned in high
quality, compiled and preserved forever in pdf format on one USB flash drive - easy to read on your laptop,
computer, tablet, smartphone, kindle or e-reader. You can also print entire
books or select pages. This full list of titles below speaks for itself…….
The Full List of Titles
Included is as Follows:
36 etudes for violin by H. Kayser
(1900)
A celebrated study for the bow
& fingerboard of the violin by J. Sanderson (1830)
A complete system for the violin
by J. F. Hanks (1846)
A dictionary of violin makers by
C. Stainer (1890)
A letter from the late Signor
Tartini to Signora Maddalena Lombardini published as an important lesson to
performers on the violin by G. Tartini (1779)
A new and complete preceptor for
the violin (1830)
A treatise on the structure and
preservation of the violin and all other bow-instruments by J. A. Otto (1860)
Analysis and interpretation of
eighteen violin compositions (1911)
Biographical notice of Nicolo
Paganini, with an analysis of his compositions, and a sketch of the history of
the violin by F. J. Fetis (1876)
Brainard's violinist's companion
(1864)
British violin makers; a
biographical dictionary of British makers of stringed instruments and bows and
a critical description of their work by W. M. Morris (1920)
Catalogue of old master violins;
added to which is a short historical sketch of the various violin schools, and
a list of the principal makers by Sherman, Clay & Co. (1900)
Catalogue of the Kohler &
Chase collection of rare old violins; including a number of cuts of some of the
finest violins in the world by Kohler & Chase (1910)
Celebrated violinists, past and
present by A. H. Legge (1906)
Chats on violins by O. Racster
(1905)
Comprehensive scale manual for
the violin by H. Wessely (1890)
Cremona. Eine Charakteristik der
italienischen Geigenbauer und ihrer Instrumente by F. Niederheitmann (1919)
Cremona an account of the Italian
violin-makers and their instruments by F. Niederheitmann (1894)
Cremona violins -
Also giving the data for producing the true varnishes used by the great Cremona makers by C. Reade
(1823)
De fidiculis bibliographia -
being an attempt towards a bibliography of the violin and all other instruments
played with a bow Vol. 1 by E. Heron-Allen (1890)
De fidiculis bibliographia -
being an attempt towards a bibliography of the violin and all other instruments
played with a bow Vol. 2 by E. Heron-Allen (1890)
Dictionnaire du violoniste by H.
Verchaval (1923)
Die Geige by H. A. Drögemeyer
(1903)
Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom
Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart by W. Lutgendorrf (1922)
Die Physiologie der Bogenführung
auf den Streich-Instrumenten by F. Steinhausen (1907)
Die Violine und ihre Meister by
W. Wasielewski (1893)
Famous violinists and fine
violins - historical notes, anecdotes, and reminiscences by T. L. Philipson
(1896)
Famous violinists of to-day and
yesterday by H. C. Lahee (1899)
Fiddle frauds and how to detect
them by W. Wolff (1894)
Fifty easy melodious studies for
the violin by F. Wohlfahrt (1904)
Forty selected studies for the
violin by F. Mazas (1916)
Forty-two etudes or caprices, for
the violin by R. Kreutzer (1908)
Georg Gemünder's progress in
violin making, with interesting facts concerning the art and its critics in
general by G. Gemunder (1881)
Guckert's Illustrated Self
Instructor for the Violin by E. N. Guckert (1900)
Handbook of violin playing by C.
Schroeder (1908)
How to master the violin; a
practical guide for students and teachers by P. Bytovetzski (1917)
How to study Kreutzer; a handbook
for the daily use of violin teachers and violin students by B. Cutter (1903)
Howe's new violin without a
master by E. Howe (1847)
John Askew, the Stanhope violin
maker by W. M. Egglestone (1914)
La lutherie et les luthiers by A.
Vidal (1889)
L'art du violon by J. B. Cartier
(1801)
L'école française de violon, de
Lully à Viotti; études d'histoire et d'esthétique Vol. 1 by L. La Larencie
(1922)
L'école française de violon, de
Lully à Viotti; études d'histoire et d'esthétique Vol. 2 by L. La Larencie
(1922)
Les ancêtres du violon et du
violoncelle, les luthiers et les fabricants d'archets Vol. 1 by L. Grillet
(1901)
Les ancêtres du violon et du
violoncelle, les luthiers et les fabricants d'archets Vol. 2 by L. Grillet
(1901)
Louis Spohr's celebrated violin
school by L. Spohr (1843)
Lyon & Healy's catalogue of
their collection of rare old violins; to which is added a historical sketch of
the violin and its master makers by Lyon & Healy (1896)
New school of violin studies by
A. Carse (1922)
Notable violin solos; how to play
them with understanding, expression and effect by E. Van Der Straeten (1922)
Nouvelle méthode de violon by C.
Lasnier (1878)
Old violins and violin lore.
Famous makers of Cremona and Brescia,
and of England, France, and Germany, famous players; and
chapters on varnish, strings and bows by F. Haweis (1893)
Old violins by H. R. Haweis
(1910)
Ole Bull a memoir; with Ole
Bull's 'Violin notes' and A. B. Crosby's 'Anatomy of the violinist' by S. Bull
(1897)
Practical method for violin - a
systematically arranged course of exercises for a thorough grounding in
violin-playing Vol. 2 by C. H. Hohmann (1899)
Progressive studies for the
violin by A. Carse (1910)
Rare violins, violas,
violoncellos of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the
Wurlitzer collection (1922)
Researches into the early history
of the violin family by C. Engel (1883)
Right hand culture, for violin,
viola, and cello players by P. Shirley (1917)
Rollinson's modern school for the
violin by T. H. Rollinson (1907)
Scale and arpeggio studies for
violin by A. Blumenstengel (1901)
Scale-studies for the violin by
H. Sitt (1912)
Scale-studies for violin by J.
Himaly (1908)
School of bowing for violin by O.
Sevcik (1904)
Selected violin solos and how to
play them by B. Althaus (1905)
Sixty studies for the violin by
F. Wohlfahrt (1905)
Some early musical recollections
of G. Haddock (1906)
Songs of my violin by A. L.
Donaldson (1901)
Spohr's grand violin school by L.
Spohr (1852)
Studies for the violin -
calculated for the improvement of practitioners in general by W.
Pichl (1898)
The art of fiddle-making by J.
Broadhouse (1894)
The arts and crafts book of the
worshipful Guild of violin-makers of Markneukirchen, from the year 1677 to the
year 1772 by R. Petong (1894)
The entire new and compleat tutor
for the violin by F. Geminiani (1778)
The fiddle fancier's guide; a
manual of information regarding violins, violas, basses and bows of classical
and modern times by J. M. Fleming (1892)
The fiddle new model'd, or A
useful introduction for the violin, exemplify'd with familiar dialogues by R.
Crome (1740)
The Hawley collection of violins;
with a history of their makers and a brief review of the evolution and decline
of the art of violin-making in Italy,
1540-1800 (1904)
The heart of music - the story of
the violin by A. Chapin (1906)
The history of the violin, and
other instruments played on with the bow from the remotest times to the
present. Also, an account of the principal makers, English and foreign by W. Sandys (1864)
The instruments of the modern
orchestra & early records of the precursors of the violin family, with over
500 illustrations and plates Vol. 1 by K. Schlesinger (1910)
The instruments of the modern
orchestra & early records of the precursors of the violin family, with over
500 illustrations and plates Vol. 2 by K. Schlesinger (1910)
The romance of the fiddle; the
origin of the modern virtuoso and the adventures of his ancestors by E. Van Der
Straeten (1911)
The Salabue Stradivari. A history
and critical description of the famous violin, commonly called 'le Messie'
(1891)
The secrets of violin playing -
being full instructions and hints to violin players, for the perfect mastery of
the instrument by W. C. Honeyman (1892)
The story of the violin by P.
Stoeving (1904)
The technics of violin playing by
C. Courvoisier (1908)
The theory and practice of the
violin by J. Jousse (1812)
The 'Tuscan'. A short account of
a violin by Stradivari, made for Cosimo de Medici, Grand duke of Tuscany, dated 1690
(1891)
The violin - how to choose one by
W. C. Honeyman (1893)
The violin - how to master it by
E. Howe (1880)
The violin - how to master it by
W. C. Honeyman (1883)
The violin - its famous makers
and their imitators by G. Hart (1909)
The violin - some account of that
leading instrument and its most eminent professors, from its earliest date to
the present time by G. Dubourg (1852)
The violin & its story or,
the history & construction of the violin by H. Abele (1905)
The violin a condensed history of
the violin. Its perfection and its famous makers. Importance of bridge and
sound-post arrangement by C. Goffrie (1876)
The violin and its music by G.
Hart (1885)
The violin and the art of its
construction - a treatise on the Stradivarius violin by A. Riechers (1895)
The violin by B. Tours (1908)
The violin made easy - being a
thorough and progressive method of study embracing the rudiments of music and
numerous examples and exercises (1851)
The violin manufacture in Italy
and its German origin an historical
sketch by E. Schebek (1906)
Twenty-four caprices (studies)
for the violin in the 24 major and minor scales by P. Rode (1902)
Violin concertos (1880)
Violin mastery; talks with master
violinists and teachers by F. H. Martens (1919)
Violin method for beginners by O.
Sevcik (1901)
Violin playing and violin
adjustment by J. Winram (1908)
Violin playing as I teach it by
L. Auer (1921)
Violin playing by J. Dunn (1915)
Violin talks - practical
information concerning technic, bowing, intonation and other subjects related
to violin study by E. L. Winn (1905)
Violin text-book - containing the
rudiments and theory of music, specially adapted to the use of violin students
by M. C. Wickins (1904)
Violin tone and violin makers by
H. Moya (1916)
Violin tone-peculiarities by F.
Castle (1906)
Violin varnish and how to make it
by G. Foucher (1911)
Violin vibrato - its mastery and
artistic uses, practical suggestions for correct technical development and good
violin tone production by S. Eberhardt (1911)
Violin-making, as it was and is
being a historical, theoretical, and practical treatise on the science and art
of violin-making by E. Heron-Allen (1885)
Violins and violin makers.
Biographical dictionary of the great Italian artistes, their followers and
imitators by J. Pearce (1866)
Violins, old & new by J.
Broadhouse (1887)
Viotti et l'école moderne de
violon by A. Pougin (1888)
Von der Violine by P. Stoeving
(1906)
Winner's new school for the
violin by S. Winner (1869)
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