| LON-CAPA demonstration resource. Some
of the information for this resource quotes from and summarizes content in
Principles of Violin Playing by Ivan Galamian. Second Edition (1985) Prentice-Hall, Inc. New Jersey |
Ivan Galamian is renowned not only for the virtuous sound of his violin playing. Mr. Galamian is also the much lauded teacher of countless violin students. As Josef Gingold writes
"I have lived in the era of the world's great pedagogues. No man has contributed so much to the art of violin playing in the last fifty years as has Ivan Galamian. He was a wonderful human being, devoted to his students and friends, and, to those who knew him intimately, he represented the ideal in Music and in Life."
These pages are a brief tour through Galamian's philosophy, principles of teaching, and practice methods.
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