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William Madison Randall Library

Violin/Viola Resource Page

Recommended Books

The Cambridge Companion to the Violin by Robin Stowell (Editor)
Call Number: ML800 .C35 1992
The Viola by Betsy Mason Barrett; Henry Barrett
Call Number: MT280 .B37 1978
Scale system : scale exercises in all major and minor keys for daily study by Carl Flesch
Call Number: MT285.F53 S2 1942
Scale System for Violin by Carl Flesch
Call Number: MT271.F53 S2 1987
The Early Violin and Viola by Robin Stowell; Colin Lawson (Contribution by)
Call Number: ML855 .S79 2001
Violin Family by David D. Boyden
Call Number: ML750 .V56 1989
Stradivari by Stewart Pollens
Call Number: ML424.S8 P65 2010
Stage fright, its causes and cures : with special reference to violin playing by Kató Havas
Call Number: ML850 .H35
The principles of violin fingering by I. M. Yampolsky
Call Number: MT260 .I213 1967
Orchestral excerpts from the symphonic repertoire : for violin by Josef Gingold
Call Number: MT266 .O7 1962

Where to look in the library

Below are general call number ranges for Shelf Browsing:

Violin

M40-M44	Violin solo
M217-M223	Violin with piano accompaniment
M286-M287	Duets-- two string instruments
M290-M291	Duets-- wind and string instruments
M1012	Concertos with orchestra
M1013	Concertos with orchestra (arranged)
M1112	Concertos with string orchestra
M1113	Concertos with string orchestra (arranged)
ML800-802	History and criticism, construction
MT260-MT272	Studies and methods
MT266	Orchestral excerpts

Viola

M45-M49	Viola solo
M224-M228	Viola with piano accompaniment
M286-M287	Duets-- two string instruments
M290-M291	Duets-- wind and string instruments
M1014	Concertos with orchestra
M1015	Concertos with orchestra (arranged)
M1114	Concertos with string orchestra
M1115	Concertos with string orchestra (arranged)
ML900	History
MT280-MT298	Studies and methods
MT286	Orchestral excerpts