A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of

Known principally as the father of Wolfgang Amadeus, Leopold Mozart was a distinguished musician in his own right. An excellent violinist and composer, his greatest contribution to music was his Treatise on Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing. Published at Ausburg in 1756 it was the major work of its time on the violin and it contains much that is of considerable interest and value to musicians today: notes on performance, practice, a glossary of technical terms and specific chapters on the playing of written and improvised embellishments, the trill, and special rhythmic figures. Copious exercises illustrate each point made in the text. A Preface--revised for this edition--offers an illuminating biographical study of Leopold both as a man and as a musician.

Note to 1985 Reprint	p. vii
Preface	p. xi
Foreword to Translator's Introduction	p. xxxii
Preface	p. 7
Introduction To The Violinschule	p. 10
	p. 25
How the Violinist Must Hold the Violin and Direct the Bow	p. 54
What the Pupil Must Observe Before He Begins to Play; in Other Words What Should Be Placed Before Him from the Beginning	p. 64
of the Order of the Up and Down Strokes	p. 73
How, by Adroit Control of the Bow, One Should Seek to Produce a Good Tone on a Violin and Bring It Forth in the Right Manner	p. 96
of the So-Called Triplet	p. 103
of the Many Varieties of Bowing	p. 114
of the Positions	p. 132
of the Appoggiature, and Some Embellishments Belonging Thereto	p. 166
on the Trill	p. 186
of the Tremolo, Mordent, and Some Other Improvised Embellishments	p. 203
of Reading Music Correctly, and in Particular, of Good Execution	p. 215
Index Of the Most Important Matters	p. 227
Translator's Appendix	p. 233
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