Book Reviews
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ReviewBook review: Bach Cello Suites BWV1007–1012
Jeffrey Solow reviews a new edition of the legendary suites edited by cellist Jonas Seeberg
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ReviewBook review: Songs My Mother Never Taught Me
Nathaniel Vallois reviews violinist Nigel Kennedy’s first book of compositions
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ReviewBook review: Cello Notes: Music and the Urgency of Time
Janet Banks reads Mavis Himes’s account of taking up the cello as a beginner in her late sixties
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ReviewBook review: The Fractured Self: Selected German Letters of the Australian-born Violinist Alma Moodie, 1918–1943
Tully Potter reviews a comprehensive collection of letters which cast light on the life and career of one of the early 20th century’s best known female violinists
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ReviewBook review: Artistic Violins and Bows: The Music Region of Markneukirchen and Schönbach
Andrew Dipper reviews Bruce Babbitt and Brandon Godman’s latest book on the ‘Musikwinkel’ of eastern Germany which became one of the world’s great heartlands of instrument making in the 19th century
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ReviewBook review: Cello: A Journey through Silence to Sound
Janet Banks reviews Kate Kennedy’s bestseller relating the stories of four cellists and their instruments
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ReviewBook review: Under the Goddess of the Sky: A Journey through Solitude, Bach, and the Himalayas
Raphael Klayman takes a look through Judith Glyde’s account of learning Bach’s Cello Suites in the Asian mountain range
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ReviewBook review: Improve Your Sight-Reading! Viola Grades 6-8
Alex Laing reviews the latest in Paul Harris’s ever-growing oeuvre, this time focusing on hints and tips for sightreaders
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ReviewBook review: Lessons in Gratitude: A Memoir on Race, The Arts and Mental Health
Lauren Wesley-Smith reviews the memoir of Sphinx Organization founder Aaron P. Dworkin
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ReviewBook review: Mexican Folk Fiddle Tunes
David Lasserson reviews the latest in Schott Music’s series on world music styles, compiled by Julia Chardavoine, Diego Brossollet Hernández and César Iván Juárez-Joyner
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ReviewBook review: Make Great Music with Ease! The Secret to Smarter Practice, Confident Performance, and Living a Happier Life
Mathew Lee reviews Jennifer Roig-Francolí’s book based on her ‘Art of Freedom Method’, with a healthy dose of Alexander technique
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ReviewBook review: The Cellist’s Guide to Scales and Arpeggios: A Comprehensive, Systematic, Sequential Approach
Janet Banks reviews Robert Jesselson and Teddy Buchholz’s system for practising cello scales and arpeggios
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ReviewBook review: The Fulton Collection: Collector’s Edition
John Dilworth reviews a revised and updated version of the 2022 publication, now with an extra volume covering David Fulton’s bow collection
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ReviewBook review: Dragonscales: The Hero Levels: 25 Fantasy Etudes to Slay Evil
Alex Laing reviews the violin and viola versions of Nick Revel’s innovative etude series, combining practice studies with a fantasy adventure game
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ReviewBook review: Luigi Boccherini: Musica Amorosa
Robin Stowell reviews Babette Kaiserkern’s treatise on the Baroque composer’s life and works, translated into English for the first time
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ReviewBook review: Expressive Violin Technique: How to Teach and Acquire It
Celia Cobb explores Bruce Douglas Berg’s method to help intermediate to advanced players and teachers ‘combine expression with technique’
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ReviewBook review: Thumb Position
Caroline Emery reviews double bass tutor Charlotte Mohrs’s introduction to playing in thumb position, published in English for the first time
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ReviewBook review: A Survey of Solo Works for the Violoncello
Janet Banks reviews cello professor Brian Hodges’ volume on cello repertoire from the 17th century to the present day
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ReviewBook review: The Instrumentalist
Anne Inglis reviews Harriet Constable’s fictionalised account of the life of violinist Anna Maria della Pietà, protégé of Vivaldi
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ReviewBook review: Teaching Violin, Viola, Cello, and Double Bass: Historical and Modern Pedagogical Practices
Philippa Bunting peruses a volume on historical teaching methods penned by US educators Dijana Ihas, Miranda Wilson and Gaelen McCormick
