All Books articles – Page 2
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ReviewBook review: We Knocked Their Socks Off: The First American-Trained String Quartet (1927-1981) – The Curtis String Quartet
Tully Potter gives a robust opinion of Tim Bosworth’s account of one of the earliest American-trained string quartets, featuring Jascha Brodsky and Max Aronoff
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ReviewBook review: Made in Italy: Strings Attached – Four Seasons of an Italian Violin
Raphael Klayman reads Thomas Walter Kelley’s account of his journey to Italy to learn the history of his 1810 Ceruti violin
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ReviewBook review: Robert Schumann’s Leipzig Chamber Works: Music in the Great Stream of Time
Robin Stowell reviews Julie Hedges Brown’s study of Schumann’s three string quartets op.41, Piano Quintet op.44 and Piano Quartet op.47
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ReviewBook review: Antonio Stradivari: The Complete Works
Eric Wen scrutinises the mammoth six-volume work by Beares Publishing comprising all the known works of Antonio Stradivari along with his sons
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ReviewBook review: The Schubert Treatment: A Story of Music and Healing
Anne Inglis gives her thoughts on cellist Claire Oppert’s book detailing her experiences of how music can transform the lives of dementia patients and autistic children
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ReviewBook review: Notes for Cellists: A Guide to the Repertoire
Lauren Wesley-Smith reads Miranda Wilson’s detailed guide to the cello repertoire
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ReviewBook review: Violin in Action Baby: Preparatory Violin Course
Mathew Lee reads Kristina Mirkovic’s method for teaching very young children, a companion volume to her ‘Violin in Action’ series
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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: 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: 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
