I’m writing a string quartet and have been reviewing violin technique. I though it would be helpful to compile a list of the classics of violin pedagogy: method books, treatises, exercises and so forth. Here’s the list, which I will continue to update. I’ll link to IMSLP files when they’re available. Please let me know if I’ve missed anything you consider essential.
Auer, Leopold (1845-1930)
- Violin Playing As I Teach It (1920)
- My Long Life In Music (1923)
- Violin Master Works And Their Interpretation (1925)
Bang, Maia (1877-1940)
Casorti, August (1830-1867)
- Techniques of Bowing, Op. 50 (1880)
- Étude du Sautillé No. 2, Op. 60
- Exercises in Double-Stops, Op. 61 (1896)
Flesch, Carl (1873-1944)
- Urstudien (1911)
- The Art of Violin Playing (1923)
- The Scale System (1926)
Galamian, Ivan (1903-1981)
- Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching (1962)
- Contemporary Violin Technique (1962)
Hřímalý, Jan (1844-1915)
Kreutzer, Rodolphe (1766-1831)
- Études ou Caprices (1805)
Paganini, Niccolò (1782-1840)
Schradieck, Henry (1846-1918)
Ševčík, Otakar (1852-1934)
- School of Violin Technique, Op. 1 (1881)
- School of Bowing Technique, Op. 2 (1894)
- Violin School for Beginners, Op. 6
- Changes of Position and Preparatory Scale Studies, Op. 8 (1895)
- Preparatory Exercises in Double-Stopping, Op. 9
- School of Intonation on a Harmonic Basis for Violin, Op. 11
- School of Interpretation for the Violin, Op. 16
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