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How Did They Learn?


An Overview of Violin Pedagogy with an Emphasis on Amateur Violinists


By Dr. Robin Kay Deverich

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INDEX

Definition of Amateur Musician

Historical Background of the Violin

Early Violin Pedagogical Material

Music Treatises for Amateurs

Violin Tutors for Amateurs

Traditional Violin Pedagogy

Selected Chronological List of Traditional Violin Instructional Material

Conservatory System

Conservatory Class Instrumental Instruction

Classes for the Masses in England

Amateur Musicians in America

Early Instrumental Teachers in the United States

School Instrumental Music in the United States

Selected Chronological List of String Class Methods, Music and Resource Materials

Selected Chronological List of String Education Articles

Conclusion

Reference Notes

MUSICAL EXAMPLES*

Fantasia  Violin consort music by Thomas Lupo

Allemanda  from Sonata No. IV, Op. 5 by Antonio Vivaldi

Arietta No. 62 from Ayres for the Violin by Nicola Matteis

Composition VI  from The Art of Playing on the Violin by Francesco Geminiani

All Through the Night, a Welsh folksong used in violin classes

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SOUND FILES - MIDI

Fantasia by Thomas Lupo

Allemanda by Antonio Vivaldi

Arietta by Nicola Matteis

Composition VI  by Francesco Geminiani

All Through the Night - Welsh folksong

 

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