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Auer discusses his own training and teaching approach, covering posture, practice, tone production, bowing, left-hand technique, double stops, trill, ornaments, pizzicato, harmonics, nuance, style, nerves and repertory. The volume also reflects the pedagogy behind pupils such as Heifetz, Elman and Zimbalist.

Auer’s autobiography traces his career as violinist, teacher and musical participant across Central and Eastern Europe and the United States. It records encounters with leading composers and performers and provides direct testimony about conservatory culture, concert life and the formation of a major violin school.

Violin Dreams is a substantial biographical source on Arnold Steinhardt. Memoir by the Guarneri Quartet’s first violinist combining personal biography with the history of his instrument, practice, quartet life, teaching and his lifelong engagement with Bach’s Chaconne. The dossier treats the book not merely as a life narrative…

Stokowski: A Counterpoint of View is a substantial biographical source on Leopold Stokowski. Monumental biography based on hundreds of interviews, correspondence and archival research, covering Stokowski’s origins, Philadelphia years, premieres, recording innovations, broadcasting, Hollywood, new-music advocacy and exceptionally long conducting career. The dossier treats the book not merely…

These letters document Mendelssohn’s travels through Italy and Switzerland and offer first-person evidence for his reactions to landscape, art, cities, performers, religious music and social life. They are especially valuable because the travel years overlap with a period of major artistic development and with works whose later reception…

Horowitz: His Life and Music is a substantial biographical source on Vladimir Horowitz. Biography by the long-time New York Times critic, especially useful for repertory, pianistic style, recordings, critical reception and first-hand knowledge of the international piano world. The dossier treats the book not merely as a life…

Edward Elgar: A Creative Life is a substantial biographical source on Edward Elgar. Major source-based biography presenting Elgar’s life and works as a continuous creative process, with extensive use of letters, manuscripts, family papers and publisher archives and detailed attention to the major orchestral and choral works. The…