Violin Technique and Performance Practice in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries Book

	List of illustrations	vii
	Preface	ix
	Acknowledgements	xiii
	Fingering and notation	xv
	Introduction	1
1	The development of the bow, the violin and its fittings	11
2	The posture of the player	32
3	Holding the violin	38
4	Holding the bow; the fundamental bow stroke	57
5	Fundamental left-hand technique	78
6	Timbre and tone production	116
7	Double and multiple stopping	144
8	Bow strokes and their execution	166
9	Special effects	202
10	Pitch, tuning and intonation	241
11	General remarks on expression, performance and style	264
12	Phrasing and accentuation	283
13	Specific ornamentation (agrements du chant)	305
14	Improvisation	337
	Appendix	368
	Glossary of specific ornaments	375
	Bibliography	392
	Index	401