Recommended Violin Study Guides

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  Studying Music History, 2nd ed., David Poultney
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  The Elements of Music, Vol. 1, Ralph Turek
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  The Elements of Music, Vol. 2, Ralph Turek
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  A History of Western Music, Sixth Edition, Donald J. Grout, Claude V. Palisca.
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  Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music: Ancient to Baroque (6-CD set), Donald J. Grout.
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  Norton Recorded Anthology of Western Music : Classic to Modern (6-CD set), Donald J. Grout.
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  Study and Listening Guide for Concise History of Western Music and Norton Anthology of Western Music, J. Peter Burkholder.
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  Outlines of Grout History of Wesstern Music
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  Scale-Studies for the Violin (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics, Volume 842), Johann Hrimaly.
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  Sixty Studies Opus 45, Franz Wohlfahrt.
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  Forty Studies For Violin, Herbert Chang.
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  Daily Scale Exercises for Violin, Herbert Chang.
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  Scale System : Scale Exercises in All Major and Minor Keys for Daily Study, Carl Flesch.
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  Art of Violin Playing: Book One, Carl Flesch. New translation by Eric Rosenblith.
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  Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching, Ivan Galamian.
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  Art of Practicing the Violin: With Useful Hints for All String Players, Robert Gerle.
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  The Art of Bowing Practice/3.3398: The Expressive Bow Technique, Robert Gerle.
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  Orchestral Excerpts, Carolyn Rabson.
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  The History of Violin Playing from Its Origins to 1761 and Its Relationship to the Violin and Violin Music, David D. Boyden.
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  Violin Playing As I Teach It, Leopold Auer.
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  Early Recordings and Musical Style : Changing Tastes in Instrumental Performance, 1900-1950, Robert Philip.
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  String playing in Baroque music, Robert Donington.
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  A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing (Early Music Series, 6), Leopold Mozart.
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  The Great Violinists, Margaret Campbell.
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  Great masters of the violin: From Corelli and Vivaldi to Stern, Zukerman, and Perlman , Boris Schwarz.
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  Violin Virtuosos: From Paganini to the 21st Century, Henry Roth.