Szigeti, Joseph. (1892–1973). Szigeti on the Violin. New York: Frederick A. Praeger. 1969. First edition. Hardcover with a dust jacket; 8vo; x + 234 pages of text with many illustrations. Good condition, with some pencil and highlight marks on a few pages. Original publisher's cloth binding with gilt lettering,light wear to edges. DJ in good condition, light wear and fraying to edges. Not price-clipped [$11.00]. A solid and attractive copy of a scarce book.
From the Dust Jacket: "Mr. Szigeti is a realist. He knows from long experience that there are no short cuts or infallible technical formulas on the road to success and that florid inspirational messages are of little value. He provides, instead, the advice and kindly criticism of an elder statesman, and these he gives in the form of practical help on intonation, fingering, bowing, vibrato, tone coloration, choice of grip and strings, and use of distortion in tempo and rhythm. He has undertaken detailed research into the liberties taken by editors with the violin scores of Bach, Beethoven, Corelli, Handel, Tartini, and others, and he not only lists misprints in their scores bt also prescribes means of determining what the composer wanted played and how best to play it. Mr. Szigeti does not present ready-made solutions to problems that violinists meet in their commerce with the masterworks. Rather, his book will stimulate both professional and amateur string-players to experiment, to develop musical discrimination, and to arrive at interpretations that will be in their own "handwriting."
From the Dust Jacket: "Mr. Szigeti is a realist. He knows from long experience that there are no short cuts or infallible technical formulas on the road to success and that florid inspirational messages are of little value. He provides, instead, the advice and kindly criticism of an elder statesman, and these he gives in the form of practical help on intonation, fingering, bowing, vibrato, tone coloration, choice of grip and strings, and use of distortion in tempo and rhythm. He has undertaken detailed research into the liberties taken by editors with the violin scores of Bach, Beethoven, Corelli, Handel, Tartini, and others, and he not only lists misprints in their scores bt also prescribes means of determining what the composer wanted played and how best to play it. Mr. Szigeti does not present ready-made solutions to problems that violinists meet in their commerce with the masterworks. Rather, his book will stimulate both professional and amateur string-players to experiment, to develop musical discrimination, and to arrive at interpretations that will be in their own "handwriting."
Szigeti, Joseph. (1892–1973). Szigeti on the Violin. New York: Frederick A. Praeger. 1969. First edition. Hardcover with a dust jacket; 8vo; x + 234 pages of text with many illustrations. Good condition, with some pencil and highlight marks on a few pages. Original publisher's cloth binding with gilt lettering,light wear to edges. DJ in good condition, light wear and fraying to edges. Not price-clipped [$11.00]. A solid and attractive copy of a scarce book.
From the Dust Jacket: "Mr. Szigeti is a realist. He knows from long experience that there are no short cuts or infallible technical formulas on the road to success and that florid inspirational messages are of little value. He provides, instead, the advice and kindly criticism of an elder statesman, and these he gives in the form of practical help on intonation, fingering, bowing, vibrato, tone coloration, choice of grip and strings, and use of distortion in tempo and rhythm. He has undertaken detailed research into the liberties taken by editors with the violin scores of Bach, Beethoven, Corelli, Handel, Tartini, and others, and he not only lists misprints in their scores bt also prescribes means of determining what the composer wanted played and how best to play it. Mr. Szigeti does not present ready-made solutions to problems that violinists meet in their commerce with the masterworks. Rather, his book will stimulate both professional and amateur string-players to experiment, to develop musical discrimination, and to arrive at interpretations that will be in their own "handwriting."
From the Dust Jacket: "Mr. Szigeti is a realist. He knows from long experience that there are no short cuts or infallible technical formulas on the road to success and that florid inspirational messages are of little value. He provides, instead, the advice and kindly criticism of an elder statesman, and these he gives in the form of practical help on intonation, fingering, bowing, vibrato, tone coloration, choice of grip and strings, and use of distortion in tempo and rhythm. He has undertaken detailed research into the liberties taken by editors with the violin scores of Bach, Beethoven, Corelli, Handel, Tartini, and others, and he not only lists misprints in their scores bt also prescribes means of determining what the composer wanted played and how best to play it. Mr. Szigeti does not present ready-made solutions to problems that violinists meet in their commerce with the masterworks. Rather, his book will stimulate both professional and amateur string-players to experiment, to develop musical discrimination, and to arrive at interpretations that will be in their own "handwriting."