Download or read book Louis Spohr's Celebrated Violin School written by Louis Spohr and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Louis Spohr's Celebrated Violin School: Translated From the Original, and Dedicated to the Author's Friend Edward Taylor Esq., Gresham Professor of Music The parents' first care should be, to provide their son With a. Good teacher, Whether he chooses the vioiin as the instrument of his future profession or otherwise. For, rm the complicate mechanism of Violin playing and the great difficulty in acquiring a pure into nation, it is'of' the utmost importance that on this instrument, more than. On any other, the first instructions be imparted in a11'able and conscientious ma1mer;-as faults and bad ha bits once 'contracted, if not entirely beyond remedy. At a future period, can at least be corrected only by extreme perseverence and with much loss of time; Hence, it is to the advantage of the parents themselves, to place their son only under such a teacher who they have reason to believe will strictly adhere to the directions contained in this School, as well as attend to the hints given below. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.