Buy this book on-line Dunn, John : Violin Playing. "The Strad" Library, No. VI"The Strad" Office; J. Leng and Company, London, England, 1909
Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt lettering on front cover and spine. 5" x 7 1/2." Sixty-eight pages, complete. One black and white frontispiece portrait of John Dunn, complete. Eighteen additional pages of advertisements for other books related to violins and other string instruments in the back. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Binding is tight. Browning on the endpapers. Slight corner wear to the covers. John Dunn (1866-1940) was a English violinist and composer and was considered among the best violinists in England during his time at the turn of the century. He was especially known for interpreting musical works by Niccolo Paganini. Excerpt from the author's Preface: "The following pages were originally written as a series of articles for The Strad and in plain and simple style, in order to place before the violin student some general guiding rules and principles of correct violin technique, as well as useful hints on how to master the same. The rules and method, etc., set forth are simply the ordinary results of my own long experience as both teacher and public soloist, together with a keen selection of the best points peculiar to the most eminent violinists of our time. Each portion of the whole subject follows on in systematically arranged order according to the degree of difficulty, thus making reference to any particular point more easy." The author's Preface to this edition notes how corrections and revisions have been made. The following are some of the topics covered in this book: "On the Choice of a Violin and Bow," "On the Choice of Strings," "On General Posture," "On Fingering Generally," "On Gliding," "Double Stopping," "Bowings," and "Tone Production." The Strad was founded in 1889 as a music magazine about violins and similar string instruments and is still published to this day.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Dunn, John : Violin Playing. "The Strad" Library, No. VI. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including libri rari, atlases, out-of-print books, collectables and rare books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |