Bibliographies, Discographies, and Dictionaries
Music Ref ML 128 .S7 F4 1973 String Music in Print. Margaret K. Farish, 1973.
Music Ref ML 132 .S74 A4 1975 String Syllabus. American String Teachers Association, 1975. (Technical studies, etudes, and pieces listed by graded levels.)
Music Ref ML 128 .S7 S64 String Class Publications in the United States, 1851-1951. Charles Sollinger, 1974.
Music Ref ML 128 .V4 W53 Index of Violin Music. Wayne Wilkins, 1973.
Music Ref ML 128 .V4 M3 1983 Music for Solo Violin Unaccompanied. Peter Marcan, 1983.
Music Ref ML 156.4 .V5 C7 Discopaedia of the Violin: 1889-1971. James Creighton, 1974.
Music Ref ML 128 .V36 Z5 1985 Literatur fur Viola. Franz Zeyringer, 1985.
Music Ref ML 128 .V36 W53 Music for Viola. Michael D. Williams, 1979.
Music Ref ML 128 .V5 H66 1994 Cello Music Since 1960. Donald Homuth, 1994.
Music Ref ML 128 .V5 W5x Index of Cello Music. Wayne Wilkins, 1979.
Music Ref ML 128 .D6 G7 1974 Comprehensive Catalog of Available Literature for the Double Bass. Murray Grodner, 1974.
Music Ref ML 128 .S382 A2 The A.S.T.A Dictionary of Bowing Terms for String Instruments. Barbara Garvey Seagrave and Joel Berman, 1968
String History and Construction
ML 800 .B6 1984 The Book of The Violin. Dominic Gill, editor, 1984.
ML 800 .B13 1966 An Encyclopedia of the Violin. Alberto Bachmann, 1966.
ML800 .S90 H5 1968 The History of the Violin. (2 vol.)E. van der Straeten, 1968.
ML 900 .R43 The History of the Viola. Maurice W. Riley, 1980.
ML 910 .C7 1983b The Cello. Elizabeth Cowling, 1983.
ML 915 .W33 1968 The Violoncello and its History. Wilhelm Joseph von Wasielewski, 1968.
ML 787.41 E41i Introduction to the Double Bass. Raymond Elgar, 1960.
String Interpretation & Performance Practice
MT 262 .M93 1951 A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing. Leopold Mozart.
ML 855 .S8 1985 Violin Technique and Performance Practice in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries. Robin Stowell, 1985.
ML 850 .B7 1967 The History of Violin Playing from its Origins to 1761. David D. Boyden
ML 418 .C4 B6 Casals and the Art of Interpretation. David Blum, 1977.
String Teaching Guides
MT 259 .S795 2006 String Teaching in America: Strategies for a Diverse Society, 2006
MT 259 .K58 1988 Teaching Strings. Robert H. Klotman, 1988
MT 259 .O3 Playing and Teaching the Strings. Vincent Oddo, 1979.
MT 259 .M32 P5 Playing and Teaching Stringed Instruments (2 vol.) Ralph Matesky and Ralph Rush, 1963.
MT 259 .L27 2002 Guide to Teaching Strings. Norman Lamb, 2002.
MT 259 .A67 2003 Applying Research to Teaching and Playing Stringed Instruments, 2003.
MusicVHSRolland (Music Listening Center) The Teaching of Action in String Playing (9 vol), 1970.
Violin and Bow Making and Makers
ML 845 .R6 Bows for Musical Instruments of the Violin Family. Joseph Roda, 1959.
ML 845 .R48 Bows and Bow Makers. William C. Retford, 1964.
ML 404 .H45 Universal Dictionary of Violin and Bow Makers (5 vol.) William Henley, 1959.
ML 836 .H33 German Violin Makers. Fridolin Hamma, 1961.
ML 404 .J312 Italian Violin Makers. Karel Jalovec
ML 424 .S8 H62 1963 Antonio Stradivari: His Life and Work. W.Henry Hill, Arthur F. Hill, and Alfred E. Hill, 1963.
ML404 .E45 Looking at the Double Bass. Raymond Elgar, 1967
Finding Additional Books and Scores in the BGSU Libraries Catalog
When looking for books and scores in the BGSU Libraries Catalog, use the following subject terms:
Violin music Viola music Violoncello music Viola da gamba music Double bass music Fiddle tunes String quartets Violin Viola Violoncello Double bass Fiddling Stringed instrument bows
Call Number Ranges for Browsing
Violin
Music Scores - M41-42, M217-223, M1012-1013, M1112-1113 Methods and Etudes - MT 259-279 Orchestral Excerpts - MT 266
Viola
Music Scores - M46-49, M225-228, M1014-1015, M1114-1115 Methods and Etudes - MT 280-285 Orchestral Excerpts - MT 286
Violoncello
Music Scores - M51-52, M230-236, M1016,1017, M1116-1117 Methods and Etudes - MT 302-314 Orchestral Excerpts - MT 306
Double Bass
Music Scores - M57-58, M237-239, M1018, M1118 Methods and Etudes - MT 320-330 Orchestral Excerpts - MT 331 and MT 306
Finding Magazine Articles: Print and Online Periodical Indexes
Humanities Index. 1974-1984. (Located in the first-floor reference index area)
Humanities International Complete. 1984-present
New York Times Historical. 1851-2004. Indexing for more recent issues of the New York Times is available via various databases, including Newspaper Source.
The Music Index. 1978-present. Print copies are located in the Music Library and date from 1949-present.
RILM Abstracts of Music Literature. 1969-present.
Suggested Periodicals
(Items are located in Main Periodicals on the 1st floor, unless indicated otherwise)
Journal of the American Viola Society 1993-present The Bass Sound Post 1967-1971 International Society of Bassists-Newsletter (Bass World) 1974-1976 Probas (International Institute for the String Bass) 1972-1974 Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society 1983-2005 (Music Library, ML 1 .A527 Galpin Society Journal 1948-2001 (Online)
Web Resources
American String Teachers Association Suzuki Association of the Americas String Pedagogy Notebook Internet Cello Society International Society of Bassists American String Workshop American Viola Society
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