Nicolo Paganini: His Life and Work Part 16

BY WALTER H. MAYSON,

With Thirty-one Full-page PHOTO ETCHINGS,

Ill.u.s.trating the process of Violin-making in every stage--from the rough slab of wood to the finished Instrument.

The text is written by an =Actual Violin Maker=, in a very clear and lucid style.

"'Popular lecture' style, with photographic ill.u.s.trations."--_The Times._

"A feature of the book is the clearness of the ill.u.s.trations."--_Morning Post._

"Describes a very fascinating art from start to finish."--_Morning Leader._

"This new booklet, on how to make a violin, is an admirable exposition of methods. Mr. Mayson avoids learned terminology. He uses the simplest English, and goes straight to the point. He begins by showing the young learner how to choose the best wood for the violin that is to be.

Throughout a whole chatty, perfectly simple chapter, he discourses on the back. A separate chapter is devoted to the modelling of the back, and a third to its 'working out.' The art of sound-holes, ribs, neck, fingerboard, the scroll, the belly. Among the ill.u.s.trations is one showing the tools which the author himself uses in the making of his instruments. To learners of the well-known Manchester maker's delicate art we commend this little volume."--_Daily News._

"THE STRAD" LIBRARY, No. X.

_Crown 8vo., Cloth, 2/6, Post Free, 2/9._

(DEDICATED, BY PERMISSION, TO DR. JOSEPH JOACHIM)

THE VIOLIN MUSIC OF BEETHOVEN,

Critically discussed, and Ill.u.s.trated with over FIFTY MUSICAL EXAMPLES,

BY J. MATTHEWS.

The book contains a.n.a.lytical and historical notes upon the Chamber Music of Beethoven, in which the violin takes part as a solo instrument, with some account of the various editions of the princ.i.p.al works; Beethoven's method of working, as shown by his Sketch Books, etc. It is dedicated to Dr. JOACHIM, who has furnished some notes respecting the stringed instruments possessed by Beethoven.

_Extract from Author's Preface_:--

"Young students often suppose that they ought to admire every work which proceeds from a great genius; an attempt therefore has been made to convey some idea of the relative art-value and importance of the various compositions discussed in these pages. For between the best work of any man and his least inspired, there is a wide difference. Certainly nothing annoyed the great master more than to hear his least mature works praised, especially at a time when many of his greatest creations were too little studied to be understood save by a few."

"Mr. John Matthews--dealing with Beethoven's music in pleasant fashion, and at not too great length--gives an historical account, and in many instances short a.n.a.lyses, with ill.u.s.trations in music type of Beethoven's works for this instrument, and particularly the sonatas (to which considerable s.p.a.ce is devoted), the trios, the quartets, and other compositions in which the master employed the violin. The book will be found by amateurs both interesting and instructive."--_Daily News._

LONDON:

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"THE STRAD" LIBRARY, No. I.

12MO., CLOTH, 1.00.

_"THE STRAD" LIBRARY EDITION is the only Authorised Edition of_

Technics of Violin Playing ON JOACHIM'S METHOD

BY CARL COURVOISIER,

With Folding Plates, containing Fifteen Ill.u.s.trations.

LETTER FROM DR. JOACHIM.

[COPY.]

MY DEAR MR. COURVOISIER: I have read the book on Violin Playing you have sent me, and have to congratulate you sincerely on the manner in which you have performed a most difficult task, _i.e._, to describe the best way of arriving at a correct manner of playing the violin.

It cannot but be welcome to thoughtful teachers, who reflect on the method of our art, and I hope that your work will prove useful to many students.

Believe me, my dear Mr. Courvoisier, to be most faithfully yours,

JOSEPH JOACHIM.

Berlin, November 3rd, 1894.

The New and Revised Edition of "Technics of Violin Playing," issued by THE STRAD, is the only authorised edition of my work. The several English Editions which have all appeared without my knowledge are _incomplete_ and _faulty_.

CARL COURVOISIER.

"THE STRAD" LIBRARY, No. II.

12MO., CLOTH, 1.00.

HOW TO STUDY THE VIOLIN By J. T. CARRODUS.

CONTENTS.

Strings and Tuning. The Bow and Bowing. Faults and their Correction.

Scales and their Importance. Course of Study. Advice on Elementary Matters. Concerning Harmonics, Octaves, etc. Orchestral Playing. Some Experiences as a Soloist. With full page portraits of Carrodus, Molique, Paganini, Spohr, Sivori, De Beriot, Blagrove and Sainton, and a photo-reproduction of Dr. Spohr's testimonial to Carrodus.