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"Nolistoftwentieth-centurylandmarksinmusicreferencewouldbevalidwithoutBachmann'sEncyclopedia."AmericanReferenceBookAnnual
"Ifthereweresuchanawardasoneforthebestreprintofourday,surelythisbookbyAlbertoBachmannwouldbewayupfrontwiththeleaders."AmericanStringTeacher
Ofthemanybookswrittenabouttheviolin,noneoffersthebreadthandscopeofthisrenownedreference.Firstpublishedin1925,itremainsunsurpassedasasourceofessentialinformationonallaspectsoftheinstrument.Ittracestheevolutionoftechniquefromthe1800sonward,inadditiontoexaminingtheviolin'sconstructionandmanufacture,listingAmericanandEuropeanmakers,andofferingabiographicsectiononchambermusicensembles.
Seventy-threerarephotographscomplementthetext,whichfeaturesanintroductionbythelegendaryviolinistEugèneYsaÿeandaglossaryofmusicandmusicalterms.Writtenbyaconcertviolinistandcomposer,thisremarkablehandbookisamustforprofessionals,amateurs,teachers,andstudents.,