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I Came Here to Play, Volume 1
I Came Here to Play, Volume 2
Twinkle Duets, Trios and Quartets
New ed., Introduction by Sally Thomas. Paperback. Publication Date: March 21, 2013. A celebrated instructor presents his philosophy of teaching and practice methods, including the appropriate combination of technique and interpretation. The longtime Juilliard professor incorporates aspects of both the Russian and French schools in a system both ingenious and logical. Topics include posture, vibrato, intonation, bowing, double stops, and many other subjects.
For parents:
• Suzuki, Shinichi: Nurtured by Love: The Classic Approach to Talent Education
• Suzuki, Shinichi: Ability Development from Age Zero
• Richards, Cynthia: How to get your child to practice without resorting to violence
• Fink, Lorraine: A Parent's guide to String Instrument Study
• Morris, Carroll: Suzuki Parent's Diary: Or How I Survived My First 10,000 Twinkles
• Starr, William, Constance Star: To Learn With Love: A Companion for Suzuki Parents
• Nathan, Amy: Young Musician's Survival Guide (for older children, middle school and up)
For adult students:
• Coyle, Daniel: The Talent Code: Greatness Isn't Born. It's Grown. Here's How.
• Green, Barry and W. Timothy Gallwey: Inner Game of Music
• Holt, John:
Never Too Late: My Musical Life Story [ See: John Holt page ]
• Judy, Stephanie: Making Music for the Joy of It: Enhancing Creativity Skills and Musical Confidence
• Ristad, Eloise: A Soprano on Her Head: Right-Side-Up Reflections on Life and Other Performances
For piano students:
• Adams, Noah:
Piano Lessons: Music, Love, and True Adventures
• von Arx, Victoria:
Piano Lessons with Claudio Arrau: A Guide to His Philosophy and Techniques
• Carhart, Thad: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
• Chang, Chuan: Fundamentals of Piano Practice
• Clarkson, Michael: The Secret Life of Glenn Gould: A Genius in Love
• Cooke, Charles: Playing the Piano for Pleasure
• Fine, Larry:
The Piano Book: Buying & Owning a New or Used Piano
• Goldsworthy, Anna:
Piano Lessons: A Memoir
• Hafner, Katie:
A Romance on Three Legs: Glenn Gould's Obsessive Quest for the Perfect Piano
• Knize, Perri:
Grand Obsession
Practicing is a key issue in developing students as musicians. Children normally will not do this on their own until they're in their late teens. So it is up to teacher and parents to insist. There is a very useful book that parents find helpful; it is available on Kindle on Amazon.com. You do not have to have a Kindle to read it, but can download it to your PC or laptop with the free software available on Amazon. I also have a copy in the studio, should you care to examine it:
My recommendations include the following:
Develop a set time during the day when the student will spend 10 -20 minutes every day, with the instrument;
Design a practice area for your child (or yourself) which includes a chair, their music stand, their music, and perhaps some decoration, like a mobile, posters, etc.;
Remember that brushing teeth (for example), is not optional and neither is "spending some time with the instrument";
Slower is better: slow practice is much more effective than simply running through their week's assignment without reflection;
Most of my students have four or five books or printed materials to work on each week; please don't feel that everything has to be practiced, every practice time, but rather, divide the materials up through the week (children will need help with this):
Remember that Suzuki-inspired lessons are very different than the lessons most of us adults had: the student/parent/teacher triangle (the "Suzuki triangle") means that everyone works together for the good of the child; parents should observe the lessons carefully (many take notes) and supervise the home practice. It's not the same, at all, as the old "drop the student off and pick them up afterwards" type of study.
Madeline Bruser,
The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart
Burton Kaplan,
Musician's Practice Log **
Burton Kaplan, A Rhythm Sight-Reader :
Bk 1 ,
Bk 2
Burton Kaplan,
Practicing for Artistic Success: The Musician's Guide to Self-Empowerment
Stuart Edward Dunkel,
The Audition Process: Anxiety Management and Coping Strategies - (Juilliard Performance Guides, No 3)
Margret Elson,
Passionate Practice: The Musician's Guide to Learning, Memorizing, and Performing
Jack Grassel, Power Practicing **
Don Greene,
Audition Success (A Theatre Arts Book)
Don Greene,
Performance Success: Performing Your Best Under Pressure (Theatre Arts)
** These two in tandem are recommended for preparing for auditions.
Simply Violin: 40 Christmas Songs for Violin in First Position
My Very Best Christmas:
Violin ed. ,
Viola ed. ,
Cello ed.
Easiest Christmas Duets:
Book 1 ,
Book 2
Christmas Music for Violin Duet
Joy to the World-28 Easy Christmas Duets
My Very Best Christmas-Violin Edition : 17 Violin Solos
Two For Christmas , 16 Duets For C Instruments
Easy Violin Duets-1st position , J.S. Bach
Easy Violin Duets-1st position , Mozart
Easy Baroque Duets For Violin
Christmas Duets
Christmas Traditions for String Quartet
Brandenburg Concertos (parts):
#1 ,
#2 ,
#3 ,
#4 ,
#5 ,
#6 .
Boccherini:
Duos (3) for two violins, Op. 5
Elgar:
Nimrod
Handel:
Royal Fireworks Music for String Quartet
Handel Messiah :
Vl 1 ,
Vl 2 ,
Vla ,
VC .
Handel:
Water Music for String Quartet
Tchaikovsky:
Nutcracker Suite for String Quartet
Vivaldi, Four Seasons :
Summer ,
Spring ,
Winter ,
Autumn .
Latham Editions:
And Therefore Be Merry: Carols (St. Quar) [Latham]
Keeping Christmas (St. Trio) [Latham]
Christmas Traditions (St. Quar) [Latham]
Christmas Pops (St. Quar) [Latham]
Christmas Carol Fantasies (vla/piano) [Latham]
MEDIA
Music Dictionaries
VIOLIN:
Suzuki Violin Books & CD's
String Pedagogy Materials:
Barbara Barber
Lisa Berman
Janice Tucker Rhoda
William & Constance Starr
Kerstin Wartberg
Works edited by Ivan Galamian
String Pedagogy
Student Violin Concertos
Violin Cadenzas
Violin Etudes
Position Work
Violin Scale Books
Violin Sonatas
Suzuki Piano Accompaniments
Suzuki MIDI Discs
Fiddle page - music, books, misc.
VIOLA:
Fiddling for Viola
Suzuki Viola Books & CD's
Viola Etudes
Viola Scale Books
Viola da Gamba
Viola Resources
PIANO:
Suzuki Piano Books & CD's
Piano Études
Faber Piano
Alfred’s Piano
New!
Piano Scale Books
Jazz Piano
• Maurice Hinson
• John Thompson
• Wynn-Anne Rossi
Suzuki Repertoire (pdf):
Violin: Books 1-10
Viola: Books 1-9
Piano: Books 1-7
Literature: Books by & about Dr. Suzuki
CHAMBER MUSIC:
Advanced Chamber Literature
Advanced Piano Literature
Advanced Viola Literature
Advanced Violin Literature
Chamber Music - Easier
Duets:
Vl/vl ,
Vl/vla ,
Vla/vla ,
Vl/vc ,
Vla/vc ,
Vl/guitar
Easy Violin/Piano Duets
Easy Violin Trios
Violin Trios
Trios with Viola
Four Violins
Chamber Music with Piano
Easy Piano Duets
GUITAR/POPULAR:
Suzuki Guitar Books & CD's
Guitar Sheet Music & CD's
Guitar: Self Teaching
Mandolin Sheet Music
Banjo Sheet Music
Popular Music
THEORY/COMPOSITION:
Scores |
Theory |
Solfège
Manuscript Paper
20th Century: Violin |
Viola
Orchestral Excerpts
Royal Conservatory Music:
• Violin/Viola/Piano
• Ear Training/SightSinging
New!
MISC:
Fake Books
Mariachi
CD Sheet Music:
Violin Concertos: Ultimate Collection
[ Contents ]
Violin Methods: Ultimate Collection [
Contents
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Violin Sonatas: Ultimate Collection [
Contents
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Violin, Choral, Opera, Orchestral, Piano
Quartets
Printable Orchestral Parts & Scores
[Contents ]
Agus, Ayke.
Heifetz As I Knew Him
Apel, Willi.
Italian Violin Music of the Seventeenth Century
Auer, Leopold.
Violin Playing As I Teach it
Bachman, Alberto.
An Encyclopedia of the Violin
Baillot, Pierre.
The Art of the Violin
Behrman, Carol.
Fiddler to the World: The Inspiring Life of Itzhak Perlman
Biancolli, Amy.
Fritz Kreisler: Love's Sorrow, Love's Joy
Bickley, Nora.
Letters from and to Joseph Joachim
Boyden, David.
The History of Violin Playing from Its Origins to 1761 and Its Relationship to the Violin and Violin Music
Bronstein, Raphael. The Science of Violin Playing
Bruser, Madeline and Yehudi Menuhin.
The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart
Campbell, Margaret.
The Great Violinists
Conable, Barbara.
What Every Musician Needs to Know About the Body: The Practical Application of Body Mapping & the Alexander Technique to Making Music
Costantakos, Chris.
Demetrios Constantine Dounis: His Method in Teaching the Violin
Courvoisier, Karl.
The Technique of Violin Playing: The Joachim Method
Donington, Robert. The History of Violin Playing from Its Origins to 1761 and Its Relationship to the Violin and Violin Music
Donington, Robert.
String Playing in Baroque Music
Dounis, Demetrius Constantine.
The Dounis Collection
Feinstein, Anthony.
Michael Rabin: America's Virtuoso Violinist
Fischer, Simon: Basics
Fischer, Simon: Practice
Flesch, Carl. Art of Violin Playing: Book One
Flesch, Carl. Art of Violin Playing: Artistic Realization and Instruction/Book 2
Flesch, Carl. Memoirs of Carl Flesch
Freymuth, Malva.
Mental Practice and Imagery for Musicians
Galamian, Ivan.
Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching
Gerle, Robert.
The Art of Bowing Practice: The Expressive Bow Technique
Gerle, Robert.
Art of Practicing the Violin: With Useful Hints for All String Players
Gigante, Charles.
Manual of Orchestral Bowing
Grappelli, Stephane.
With Only My Violin: The Memoirs of Stephane Grappelli
Green, Elizabeth, Judith Galamian, Josef Gingold.
Miraculous Teacher: Ivan Galamian & the Meadownmount Experience
Green, Elizabeth.
Orchestral Bowings and Routines
Greene, Don.
Audition Success: An Olympic Sports Psychologist Teaches Performing Artists How to Win
Mischakoff Heiles, Anne
Mischa Mischakoff: Journeys of a Concertmaster
Kloss, Sherry. Jascha Heifetz Through My Eyes
Kozinn, Allan.
Mischa Elman and the Romantic Style
Lieberman, Julie.
You are Your Instrument
Malan, Roy.
Efrem Zimbalist: A Life
Martens, Frederick.
Violin Mastery: Interviews with Heifetz, Auer, Kreisler and Others
Menuhin, Yehudi.
Unfinished Journey: Twenty Years Later
Menuhin, Yehudi and William Primrose.
Violin & Viola (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides)
Milstein, Nathan.
From Russia to the West: The Musical Memoirs and Reminiscences of Nathan Milstein
Mischakoff, Mischa.
Journeys of a Concertmaster
Mozart, Leopold.
A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing
Norris, Richard, M.D.
The Musician's Survival Manual: A Guide to Preventing and Treating Injuries in Instrumentalists
Paull, Barbara. The Athletic Musician
Pougin, Arthur. The Life and Music of Pierre Rode, Containing an Account of Rode, French Violinist: Translation of Notice Sur Rode, Violiniste Francais, 1874
Roth, Henry. Violin Virtuosos: From Paganini to the 21st Century
Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nadja.
Nadja, on My Way
Sand, Barbara. Teaching Genius: Dorothy Delay and the Making of a Musician
Schueneman, Bruce. The French Violin School: Viotti, Rode, Kreutzer, Baillot and Their Contemporaries
Schwarz, Boris.
Great Masters of the Violin
Silvela, Zdenko. A New History of Violin Playing: The Vibrato and Lambert Massart's Revolutionary Discovery
Simon, Charnan. Midori: Brilliant Violinist
Steinhardt, Arnold.
Indivisible by Four: A String Quartet in Pursuit of Harmony
Steinhardt, Arnold.
Violin Dreams
Stern, Isaac with Chaim Potok.
My First 79 Years
Stolba, Marie.
A History of the Violin Etude to About 1800
Stowell, Robin.
Performing Beethoven
Stowell, Robin.
Violin Technique and Performance Practice in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
Sunday, C.M. Connie's Violin Page: Internet resources for string players, teachers, parents & students . Available through Amazon in book and Kindle editiions, and through MobiPocket .
Szigeti, Joseph.
Szigeti on the Violin
Szigeti, Joseph.
With Strings Attached: Reminiscences and Reflections
Winthrop, Laurence.
Arthur Grumiaux: gloire de l'école belge du violon
Yampolsky, I.M.
Principles of Violin Fingering
Ysaye, Antoine.
Ysaye: His Life, Work and Influence
Suzuki Books
Books by & about Dr. Suzuki:
Agopian, Edmond:
The no time to practice technique companion
ASTA String Syllabus 2003
Bachman, A.:
Encyclopedia of Violin
Baker, T.: Schirmer Pocket Manual of Musical Terms
Barlow:
Easy Baroque Duets
Barnes, Gail:
Applying Research to the Teachings and Playing of Stringed Instruments
Carolyn M. Barrett, Ph.D,
The Magic of Matsumoto: The Suzuki Method of Education
Barrett, H.:
The Viola
Bauman, Susan C.:
In Search of the Japanese Spirit in Talent Education
Behrand, L & Sheila Keats:
Suzuki Approach, The
Bigler, C & Lloyd-Watts:
Studying Suzuki Piano: More than Music
Bigler, C & Lloyd-Watts:
Ornamentation
Bodman, Lyman:
Essays on Violin Pedagogy
Boyk, James:
To Hear Ourselves as Others Hear Us (Amazon). Also see: Professor Boyk's Performance Recordings , which includes a link to his To Hear Ourselves As Others Hear Us (Book)
Bron, Zakhar: Art of the Etude, The
Bruser, Madeline:
The Art of Practicing : A Guide to Making Music from the Heart
Butler, Mimi:
The complete guide to running a private music studio
Butler, Mimi:
The complete guide to making more money in the private music studio
Butler, Mimi: Mimi Butler's Homepage to purchase books if they are not available used, on Amazon
Cahill, Greg:
Making Your Living as a String Player
Colquhoun, Frona;
What the Students Taught the Teacher
Comeau, Gilles, Ph.D.:
10 Teachers' Viewpoints on Suzuki Piano
Clifford A. Cook,
Suzuki Education in Action: A Story of Talent Training from Japan (An Exposition-university book)
Dalton, David:
Playing the Viola, Conversations with William Primrose
Eiche, John F.:
The Bach Chaconne for Solo Violin
Fest, Beverly Tucker:
Suzuki Pianist's List of Supplementary Materials
Findlay, Elsa:
Rhythm and Movement (Dalcroze Eurythmics)
Fink, Lorraine:
A Parent's guide to String Instrument Study
Gerle, Robert:
Art of Practicing the Violin, The
Gerle, Robert:
Art of Bowing Practice, The
Gilligan, Judy & Wagstaff: Violin Verses
Goldberg, Milton:
The violin column: A collection of articles for both teachers and parents focusing on care of the violin, practicing, technique, and motivation
Green, Barry:
Inner Game of Music, The
Green, Barry:
Mastery of Music, The
Grilli, Susan:
Preschool in the Suzuki Spirit
Havas, Kato:
New Approach to Violin Playing, A
Havas, Kato:
Stage Fright
Havas, Kato:
Twelve Lesson Course, The
Hermann, Evelyn:
Shinichi Suzuki The Man and His Philosophy
Honda, Masaaki, M.D.:
Shinichi Suzuki: Man of Love
Honda, Masaaki, M.D.:
Suzuki Changed My Life
Honda, Masaaki, M.D.:
Vehicle of Music, The
Horvath, Janet:
Playing (less) Hurt
Hunt, Sandy:
101 Sizzling Tips for Excellence on the Violin
Ibuka, Masaru:
Kindergarten Is Too Late!
Kataoka, Haruko: How to Teach Beginners
Kataoka, Haruko:
Sensibility and Education
** Kataoka, Haruko:
My Thoughts on Suzuki Piano School
Kataoka, Haruko:
My Thoughts on Suzuki Piano Technique
Kemper, Susan:
Between Parent & Teacher
Kempter, Susan:
How Muscles Learn
Kendall, Catherine Wolff:
More Stories of Composers
Kendall, Catherine Wolff:
Stories of Composers
Kendall, Catherine Wolff:
Stories of Women Composers
** Kendall, John:
Suzuki Violin Method in American Music Education, The
Kennedy, Michael:
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music
Kenneson, Claude:
Musical Prodigies
Kochevitsky, George:
Art of Piano Playing
Kolneder, Walter:
Amadeus Book of the Violin
Koppelman, Doris:
Introducing Suzuki Piano
Kreitman, Edward:
Teaching from the Balance Point
Landers, Ray:
Is Suzuki Education Working in America
Landers, Ray:
The Talent Education School of Shinichi Suzuki: An Analysis: Application of Its Philosophy and Methods to All Areas of Instruction (Exposition-Banner Book)
Lester, Joel:
Bach's Works for Solo Violin
Liebermann, Julie Lyonn:
Contemporary Violinist, The
Liebermann, Julie Lyonn:
Improvising Violin
Liebermann, Julie Lyonn:
Planet Musician
Liebermann, Julie Lyonn:
You Are Your Instrument: The Definitive Musician's Guide
Loft, Abram:
How to Succeed in an Ensemble
Meyer, Carolyn McCall:
Group Lessons for Suzuki: Violin and Viola
Menuhin, William Primrose:
Violin & Viola (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides)
Merrill & Brandt: Pre-Twinkle Book, The New
Mills, Elizabeth:
In the Suzuki Style: A Manual for Raising Musical Consciousness in Children
Mills, Elizabeth, S. Therese Murphy:
Suzuki Concept: An Introduction to a Successful Method for Early Music Education
Morris, Carroll:
Suzuki Parent's Diary: Or How I Survived My First 10,000 Twinkles
Mozart, Leopold: A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing
Mullins, Shirley:
Teaching Music, the Human Experience
Nathan, Amy:
Young Musician's Survival Guide
Nelson, Sheila M.:
Violin and Viola: History, Structure, Techniques
Norris, Richard, M.D.:
Musician's Survival Guide
Orchestra Musician's CD-ROM Library, Vol. 1
Perkins, Marianne Murry:
A Comparison of Violin Playing Techniques: Kato Havas, Paul Rolland, and Shinichi Suzuki
Pernecky, Jack M. & Fink:
Teaching the Fundaments of Violin Playing
Pomer, Vic:
Le Violon Sans Douleur
Portafekas & Marlow:
Making Music with Your Child
Powell, Mary C.:
Focus on Suzuki Piano (About Suzuki)
Primrose, William:
Walk on the North Side
Richards, Cynthia:
How to Get Your Child to Practice without Resorting to Violence
Rickman, Shirlee: Parent Orientation Handbook
Riley, M.:
History of the Viola, Vol. 1
Riley, M.: History of the Viola, Vol. 2
Rolland, Paul:
Basic Principles of Violin Playing
Rolland, Paul:
Teaching of Action in String Playing
Ross, Barry: A Violinist's Guide to Exquisite Intonation
Sand, Barbara Lourie:
Teaching Genius: Dorothy DeLay & the Making of a Musician
Schneiderman, Barbara:
Confident Music Performance
Sherer, Lon:
Practicing, a Liturgy of Self-Learning
Sherman, Marc: Non-Musical Notation for Suzuki Violin Parents (Vols. 1-3)
Sherman, Marc: Non-Musical Notation for Suzuki Violin Parents - Popular Songs for Violin
Sloan, Kay Collier:
They're Rarely Too Young..and Never Too Old "To Twinkle"
Starr, William:
Adventures in Music Reading for Violin, Bk. 1
Starr, William: Adventures in Music Reading for Violin, Bk. 2
Starr, William:
The Suzuki Violinist: A Guide for Teachers and Parents
Starr, William, Constance Star:
To Learn With Love: A Companion for Suzuki Parents
Steinhardt, Arnold:
Indivisible by Four: A String Quartet in Pursuit of Harmony
Steinschaden, Bruno:
Ear Training and Violin Playing
Suzuki, Shinichi:
Ability Development from Age Zero
Suzuki, Shinichi: Man and Talent: Search into the Unknown
Suzuki, Shinichi:
Nurtured by Love
** Suzuki, Shinichi:
How to Teach Suzuki Piano
Suzuki, Waltraud:
My Life with Suzuki
Swafford, Jan:
Vintage Guide to Classical Music
Syllabus of Examinations 2003 Royal School of Music
Tanaka, Shigeki:
Everything Depends on How You Raise Them
Timmerman, Craig:
Journey Down the Kreisler Highway: Reflections on the Teachings of Shinichi Suzuki
Wagstaff, Diane:
Games and Motivation for the Suzuki Violin Student
Wickes, Linda:
The Genius of Simplicity: Suzuki Method (About Suzuki)
Wilson, Charlene:
Teaching Suzuki Cello: A Manual for Teacher and Parents
Yelin, Joy:
Movement that Fits (Dalcroze Eurythmics)
Young, Phillis:
Playing the String Game
Young, Phillis:
String Play, The
Yurko, Michiko:
No H in Snake: Music Theory for Children
Shinichi Suzuki: His Speeches and Essays (About Suzuki)
Where Love Is Deep: The Writings of Shin'Ichi Suzuki
by Kyoko Selden (Translator)
** Booklets by Summy-Birchard
For Children:
Margaret Keith,
I can play my violin just as well as Jeremy can!: The Suzuki way
Catherine Wolff Kendall,
Stories of composers for young musicians
M. Parkinson,
Mommy , Can We Practice Now?
PIANO
Also see:
Suzuki piano books and CD's
Suzuki piano accompaniments (to violin and viola books)
Piano Literature
Advanced Piano Literature
• Adams, Noah: Piano Lessons: Music, Love, & True Adventures
• Agay, Denes:
The Art of Teaching Piano
• Agay, Denes: Teaching Piano : A Comprehensive Guide and Reference Book for the Instructor (2 Vol's)
• Albergo, Cathy: Intermediate Piano Repertoire: A Guide for Teaching
• Ascari, Dino: The Art of Effective Piano Teaching
• Baker-Jordan, Martha:
Practical Piano Pedagogy: The Definitive Text for Piano Teachers and Pedagogy Students
• Bastien, James: How to teach piano successfully
• Berman, Boris: Notes from the Pianist's Bench
• Bernstein, Seymour: With Your Own Two Hands: Self-Discovery Through Music
• Bree, Malwine: The Leschetizky Method : A Guide to Fine and Correct Piano Playing
• Cooke, James Francis: Great Pianists on Piano Playing : Godowsky, Hofmann, Lhevinne, Paderewski and 24 Other Legendary Performers (Great Pianists: In Their Own Words)
• Eigeldinger, Jean-Jacques: Chopin: Pianist and Teacher: As Seen by his Pupils
• Fink, Seymour: Mastering Piano Technique : A Guide for Students, Teachers and Performers
• Friskin, James: Music for the Piano: A Handbook of Concert and Teaching Material from 1580 to 1952
• Gieseking, Walter: Piano Technique [Consisting of the Two Complete Books: The Shortest Way to Pianistic Perfection and Rhythmics, Dynamics, Pedal and Other Problems of Piano]
• Gordon, Stewart: Mastering the Art of Performance: A Primer for Musicians
• Hofmann, Josef: Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered
• Horowitz, Joseph: Arrau on Music and Performance (Great Pianists: In Their Own Words)
• Lhevinne, Josef: Basic Principles in Pianoforte Playing
• Lyke, James: Creative Piano Teaching
• Magrath, Jane: Pianist's Guide to Standard Teaching and Performance Literature
• Neuhaus, Heinrich:
The Art of Piano Playing
• Newsam, David and Barbara:
Making Money Teaching Music
• Rabin, Rhoda: At the Beginning: Teaching Piano to the Very Young Child
• Rosenblum, Sandra: Piano Notes: The World of the Pianist
• Rosen, Charles: Performance Practices in Classic Piano Music: Their Principles and Applications (Music-Scholarship and Performance)
• Rubinstein, Anton, Teresa Carreno: The Art of Piano Pedaling: Two Classic Guides
• Schonberg, Harold: The Great Pianists
• Mach, Elyse: Great Contemporary Pianists Speak for Themselves (Dover Books on Music, Music History)
• Uszler, Marienne: The Well-Tempered Keyboard Teacher
• Westney, William: The Perfect Wrong Note: Learning to Trust Your Musical Self
• Wolff, Konrad: Masters of the Keyboard: Individual Style Elements in the Piano Music of Bach, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin and Brahams (Midland Book)
• Alexanian, Diran: Complete Cello Technique : The Classic Treatise on Cello Theory and Practice
• Chippendale, Lisa: Yo-Yo Ma: A Cello Superstar Brings Music to the World (People to Know)
• Laird, Paul: The Baroque Cello Revival: An Oral History
• Leogrande, Dennis: Cello Extensions for the Student
• Ma, Yo-Yo: Yo-Yo Ma - Inspired by Bach No. 1, The Music Garden (Cello Suite 1) (1998) VHS
• Mantel, Gerhard , Barbara Haimberger Thiem: Cello Technique: Principles and Forms of Movement
• Pleeth, William: Cello (Yehudi Menuhin Music Guides)
• Potter, Louis: Art of Cello Playing
• Sazer, Victor: New Directions in Cello Playing
• Schonberg, Harold: The Cambridge Companion to the Cello (Cambridge Companions to Music)
by Robin Stowell (Editor), Jonathan Cross (Editor)
• Watkins, Cornelia: Rosindust: Teaching, Learning and Life from a Cellist's Perspective
• Rosindust.com for clinic schedules and downloads
RESEARCH TOOLS
Good beginning books for self-study:
Essentials of Music Theory: Complete Self-Study Course
Alfred's Essentials of Jazz Theory
Grout/Burkholder:
A History of Western Music , (Ninth Edition) J. Peter Burkholder, Donald Jay Grout, Claude V. Palisca. W. W. Norton & Co., Inc. New York. 2014.
Publication Date: April 15, 2014 | ISBN-10: 0393918297 | ISBN-13: 978-0393918298 | Edition: Ninth Edition
The definitive history of Western music, now with Total Access . Combining current scholarship with cutting-edge pedagogy, the Ninth Edition of A History of Western Music is the text that students and professors have trusted for generations. Because listening is central to music history, the new Total Access program provides a full suite of media resources—including an ebook and premium streaming recordings of the entire Norton Anthology of Western Music repertoire—with every new text. Combining thoughtful revisions—particularly to chapters on the twentieth and twenty-first centuries—with exceptional media resources, A History of Western Music provides all the resources that students need in a text that will last a lifetime.
Dallin, Leon:
Techniques Of Twentieth-Century Composition
Berlioz, Hector and Richard Strauss.
Treatise on Instrumentation
Berry, Wallace.
Form in Music, Second Edition
Burney, Charles: The following works are out of print though accessible via established music libraries or interlibrary loan (with fees attached, in some cases). But to get titles and ISPN numbers, Amazon.com offers the following:
Music, men, and manners in France and Italy, 1770 : being the journal written by Charles Burney during a tour through those countries undertaken to collect material for a general history of music
Memoirs of Dr Charles Burney, 1726-1769
The Letters of Dr. Charles Burney: 1751-1784
Dr. Charles Burney's Continental Travels, 1770-1772
An eighteenth-century musical tour in Central Europe and the Netherlands: being Dr. Charles Burney's account of his musical experiences
An eighteenth-century musical tour in Central Europe and the Netherlands : being Dr. Charles Burney's account of his musical experiences
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Abate Metastasio, Including Translations of His Principal Letters.: Including Translations of His Principal Letters (Da Capo Press Music Reprint Series)
A General History of Music, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period (1789)
The great Dr. Burney; his life, his travels, his works, his family, and his friends by Percy Alfred Scholes
Dr. Burney As Critic and Historian of Music by Kerry S. Grant
The only book I could locate about Burney which is not out of print:
Dr. Charles Burney: A Literary Biography by Roger H. Lonsdale
Burney, Charles: The following works are out of print though accessible via established music libraries or interlibrary loan (with fees attached, in some cases). But to get titles and ISPN numbers, Amazon.com offers the following:
Music, men, and manners in France and Italy, 1770 : being the journal written by Charles Burney during a tour through those countries undertaken to collect material for a general history of music
Memoirs of Dr Charles Burney, 1726-1769
The Letters of Dr. Charles Burney: 1751-1784
Dr. Charles Burney's Continental Travels, 1770-1772
An eighteenth-century musical tour in Central Europe and the Netherlands: being Dr. Charles Burney's account of his musical experiences
An eighteenth-century musical tour in Central Europe and the Netherlands : being Dr. Charles Burney's account of his musical experiences
Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Abate Metastasio, Including Translations of His Principal Letters.: Including Translations of His Principal Letters (Da Capo Press Music Reprint Series)
A General History of Music, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Period (1789)
The great Dr. Burney; his life, his travels, his works, his family, and his friends by Percy Alfred Scholes
Dr. Burney As Critic and Historian of Music by Kerry S. Grant
The only book I could locate about Burney which is not out of print:
Dr. Charles Burney: A Literary Biography by Roger H. Lonsdale
Donington, Robert.
Baroque Music, Style and Performance: A Handbook
Fux, Joseph.
Study of Counterpoint
Grout, Donald and Claude V. Palisca. A History of Western Music , (Ninth Edition)W. W. Norton & Co., Inc. New York. 2014.
Jeppesen, Knud.
Counterpoint: The Polyphonic Vocal Style of the Sixteenth Century
Kennedy, Michael.
The Oxford Dictionary of Music
Machlis, Joseph.
Introduction to Contemporary Music
Neumann, Frederick.
Ornamentation in Baroque and Post-Baroque Music: With Special Emphasis on J. S. Bach
Perle, George.
Serial Composition and Atonality: An Introduction to the Music of Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern
Pincherle, Marc.
Vivaldi: Genius of the Baroque
Piston, Walter.
Harmony
Plantinga, Leon.
Romantic Music: A History of Musical Style in Nineteenth-Century Europe (Norton Introduction to Music History)
Rameau, Jean Philippe.
Treatise on Harmony
Randel, Don Michael.
The New Harvard Dictionary of Music
Rosen, Charles.
Sonata Forms
Rosen, Charles.
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven
Slonimsky, Nicolas.
Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians
Turek, Ralph.
The Elements of Music
Stefan Kostka:
• Tonal Harmony, With an Introduction to Twentieth-Century Music
• Student Workbook and CD for use with Tonal Harmony
• Audio CDs for use with Tonal Harmony
Ralph Turek:
• The Elements of Music, Vol. 1
• Workbook for the Elements of Music, Vol. 1
• The Elements of Music, Vol. 2
• Workbook for the Elements of Music, Vol. 2 , not listed: email vendor to make sure you're getting the correct book.
• Elements Music Vol 1&2 2e Cd
•Adler, Samuel.
Study of Orchestration, Third Edition
•Fux, John. Study of Counterpoint
•Gerou, Tom and Lusk, Linda.
Essential Dictionary of Music Notation: The Most Practical and Concise Source for Music Notation
•Kennan, Kent and Grantham, Donald.
The Technique of Orchestration and CD Recording Package
•Read, Gardner.
Music Notation
•Persichetti,Vincent.
Twentieth-Century Harmony: Creative Aspects and Practice
•Piston, Walter.
Orchestration
•Piston, Walter.
Counterpoint
•Piston, Walter.
Harmony: 5th ed.
•Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay.
Principles of Orchestration
•Stone, Kurt.
Music Notation in the Twentieth Century: A Practical Guidebook
MUST HAVE:
Judy Tarling's Baroque String Playing for Ingenious Learners , available in the US through Boulder Early Music Shop
Texts:
• Apel, Willi:
Italian Violin Music of the Seventeenth Century
• Boyden, David:
The History of Violin Playing from Its Origins to 1761 and Its Relationship to the Violin and Violin Music
• Carter, Stewart:
A Performer's Guide to Seventeenth-Century Music
• Donington, Robert:
Baroque Music: Style and Performance
• Donington, Robert:
The Interpretation of Early Music
• Donington, Robert:
String Playing in Baroque Music
• Haskell, Thomas: The Early Music Revival: A History
• Haynes, Bruce: The End of Early Music: A Period Performer's History of Music for the Twenty-First Century
• Neumann, Frederick:
Ornamentation in Baroque and Post-Baroque Music: With Special Emphasis on J. S. Bach
• Stowell, Robin:
Performing Beethoven
• Stowell, Robin:
Violin Technique and Performance Practice in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries
• Vial, Stephanie D.: The Art of Musical Phrasing in the Eighteenth Century: Punctuating the Classical "Period"
Score Reading/Conducting:
Samuel Adler.
Study of Orchestration, Third Edition
Hector Berlioz.
Treatise on Instrumentation
Dave Black.
Essential Dictionary of Orchestration
George Burt.
The Art of Film Music
Deryck Cooke.
The Language of Music
David Daniels.
Orchestral Music
Robert W. Demaree.
The Complete Conductor
Harold Farberman, Thom Proctor.
The Art of Conducting Technique: A New Perspective
Cecil Forsyth.
Orchestration
Norman Del Mar.
•Anatomy of the Orchestra
•Conducting Beethoven: Overtures, Concertos, Missas Solemnis
•Conducting Beethoven: The Symphonies
•Conducting Berlioz
•Conducting Brahms
•Conducting Elgar
Michael Dickreiter, Reinhard G. Pauly.
Score Reading: A Key to the Music Experience
Knud Jeppesen.
Counterpoint: The Polyphonic Vocal Styles of the Sixteenth Century
Norman Lebrecht.
The Maestro Myth: Great Conductors in Pursuit of Power
Alfred Mann.
The Study of Fugue
Brock McElheran.
Conducting Technique for Beginners and Professionals
Reginald O. Morris, Howard Ferguson.
Preparatory Exercises in Score Reading
Walter Piston.
Orchestration
Jean Rameau.
Treatise on Harmony
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov.
Principles of Orchestration
Jeff Rona.
The Reel World: Scoring for Pictures
Max Rudolf.
The Grammar of Conducting: A Comprehensive Guide to Baton Technique and Interpretation
Felix Salzer.
Structural Hearing Tonal Coherence in Music (Two Volumes Bound As One)
[Schenkerian analysis: read Piston and Fux first.]
Hermann Scherchen.
Handbook of Conducting
Arnold Schoenberg.
Structural Functions of Harmony
Gunther Schuller.
The Compleat Conductor
Ernst Toch.
The Shaping Forces in Music: An Inquiry into the Nature of Harmony, Melody,
Counterpoint, Form (The Dover Series of Study Editions, Chamber Music,
Orchestral Works, Operas in Full Score)
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