Violin: A Resource and Information Guide

Arts Library, UCSB

Note: This is a guide to selected resources on the violin available in the Arts Library at UCSB. To access electronic items with the icon from off-campus, you must be affiliated with UCSB (student, faculty, or staff), and you must configure your browser to connect to the library's proxy server.

M, ML, and MT CLASS NUMBERS

In the UCSB Music Library, books and scores are arranged on the shelves according to the M class numbers of the Library of Congress Classification System. Scores are shelved under M, books on music under ML, and music instructional materials such as methods, exercises, and orchestral studies under MT. Within each class number, scores are shelved alphabetically by composer, books (in most classes) alphabetically by author. For violin music, the most important numbers to remember are M42 (solo unaccompanied), M219-221 (violin sonatas, suites or variations, and pieces respectively, all accompanied by piano), and M1013(violin concertos, piano reduction). Browse the scores shelved under these class numbers to get an idea of the library's holdings--but remember that many items may be checked out. Always check in Pegasus, the UCSB library catalog, to determine the library's complete holdings of cello music. To browse M, ML, or MT class numbers in Pegasus, select the Advanced Search tab at the top. From one of the "Field to search" pulldown menus, scroll down and select Call Number (LC.) In the corresponding search box, enter the M, ML, or MT class number you want to search:

Advanced Keyword Search

Field to search:	Enter word or phrase:
Call Number (LC)	M42

Field to search:	Enter word or phrase:
Call Number (LC)	ML800

Scores: M Class

Solo unaccompanied

M40	Collections of original and arranged works
M41	Collections of original works
M42	Separate works, original
M43	Collections of arranged works
M44	Separate works, arranged

Solo with piano or continuo

M217	Collections of original and arranged works
M218	Collections of original works
M219	Violin sonatas
M220	Violin suites and variations
M221	Violin pieces
M222	Collections of arranged works
M223	Separate works, arranged

Solo with full orchestra

M1012	Full scores
M1013	Piano reductions

Solo with string orchestra

M1112	Full scores
M1113	Piano reductions

Chamber music

M286, 287	String duets
M350, 351	String trios
M452, 552 (etc.)	String quartets, quintets (etc.)
M312, 412, 512 (etc.)	Piano trios, quartets, quintets (etc.)
M322, 422, 522 (etc.)	Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for piano plus two (three, four etc.) string(s) plus wind(s)
M362, 462, 562 (etc.)	Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for stringed and wind instruments
M372, 472, 572 (etc.)	Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for stringed and plucked instruments
M382, 482, 582 (etc.)	Trios (quartets, quintets, etc.) for stringed, plucked and wind instruments

Orchestral Music

M1001	Symphonies
M1002	Symphonic poems
M1003	Variations, suites
M1004	Overtures

Books: ML Class

ML398	Biographies of string players, collective (including string quartets)
ML418	Biographies of individual string players
ML750	Bowed stringed instruments, General
ML755	Construction of string instruments
ML756	Music and playing, string instruments
ML800	General works on the violin
ML802-845	Violin construction
ML850-897	Violin music and playing

Instructional works: MT Class

MT260	General works
MT262	Systems and methods
MT265	Studies and exercises
MT266	Orchestral excerpts

PEGASUS A general guide to searching for music in Pegasus is available.

Keyword searching can be effective for finding violin music in Pegasus. To search for recordings, add and recording to your search, and to search for scores, add not recording. Examples:

Basic Search of Full Catalog

Keyword	sonatas violin and beethoven not recording	[scores of Beethoven's violin sonatas]
Keyword	concertos violin and mozart and recording	[recordings of violin concertos by Mozart]
Keyword	caprices and paganini and recording	[scores of Paganini caprices

You can also search effectively in Advanced Search (select from the tab at the top). Scroll down to limit to score or recording. Examples:

Advanced Keyword Search

Author	beethoven
Title	sonatas violoncello
Limit by format:	Score

You can also use Command Line Search to find cello music in Pegasus. Select the Command Line Search link from the Advanced Search screen. To find scores, add and wtp=score to your search, and to find recordings, add and wtp=recording. (Note: the code wtp indicates material type.) Examples:

Command Search

ttl=sonatas violin and aut=beethoven and wtp=score	[to find a score of Beethoven's violin sonatas]
ttl=concertos violin and aut=mozart and wtp=recording	[to find a recording of violin concertos by Mozart]

The following search examples all use Library of Congress subject headings (sub and wsu codes) plus the wtp code to find string chamber music. Scores retrieved from these searches are mostly, though not exclusively, located on the shelves in the M classes indicated. For recordings, ask at the Music Service Desk (MSD).

sub=string trios and wtp=score	[scores of string trios]	M351
sub=string quartets and aut=schubert and wtp=score	[scores of Schubert's string quartets]	M452
sub=string quartets and wrd=henle and wtp=score	[G. Henle editions of string quartets]	M451, 452
sub=string quartets and aut=dvorak and wtp=recording	[recordings of Dvorak's string quartets]	ask at MSD
[etc.]

sub=piano trios and wtp=score	[scores of piano trios]	M312
sub=piano quartets and wtp=score	[scores of piano quartets]	M412
sub=piano quintets and wtp=score	[scores of piano quintets]	M512
sub=piano quintets and wtp=recording	[recordings of piano quintets]	ask at MSD
[etc.]

MELVYL

To access Melvyl, the library catalog of the ten combined UC campuses, go to the home page of the UCSB Libraries. Melvyl has records for over 23 million items, which you can search by title, journal title, author (including composer or performer), subject, general keywords, or combinations of these fields. You can also limit your search to books, scores, recordings, or other formats, and/or you can limit to any one UC campus, by language, or by year(s). To combine search terms, select the Advanced option:

Advanced Search: Entire Collection

Author (last name first)	beethoven
Title	sonatas violin
Format:	Scores (music)

UCSB students, faculty, and staff may request items from other UC campuses that are not held at UCSB (or are held at UCSB but checked out). To make a request, use the Request button on your search result page. Items requested through Melvyl are generally received within just 3-5 days.

BOOKS

Ref = reference section of the music library, located beside the south windows
Non-circ = regular ML stacks, but noncirculating

In Pegasus, use the following subject headings to find books on the history of the violin and its construction and literature. Most (but not all) books with these subject headings are shelved under the ML classes indicated:

Violin -- Bibliography	ML128 .V4
Violin music -- Bibliography	ML128 .S7, ML128 .V4
Violin -- History	ML460, 755-850
Violin music -- History and criticism	ML850, 856, 876
Violinists -- Biography	ML398, 418
Violin -- Instruction and study	MT260, 262
Violin -- Studies and exerciese	MT262, 265
Violin -- Orchestra studies	MT266

Bibliographies

Edlund, Harry. Muisc for Solo Violin Unaccompanied. 1989. Ref. ML128 .V4 E35 1989.

Heron-Allen, Edward. De Fidiculis Bibliographia, Being an Attempt Towards a Bibliography of the Violin and All Other

Instruments Played with a Bow in Ancient and Modern Times. 1961. Ref ML128 .V4 H4 1961

Klugherz, Laura. A Bibliographical Guide to Spanish Music for the Violin and Viola, 1900-1997. 1998. Ref. ML113 .M887 no.70

Landsman, Jerome. Annotated Catalogue of American Violin Music Composed Between 1947-1961. 1968. ML128 .V4 L4

Regazzi, Roberto. The Complete Luthier's Library. 1990. Ref ML128 .S7 R44 1990

History, construction, playing

Boyden, David. The History of Violin Playing, from Its Origins to 1761 and Its Relationship to the Violin and Violin Music. 1965. ML850 .B65

Huber, John. The Violin Market: The Violinists Guide to Instrument Purchase. 1995. ML800 .H877 1995

Leipp, Emile. The Violin: History, Aesthetics, Manufacture, and Acoustics. 1969. ML800 .L41

Peterlongo, Paolo. The Violin: Its Physical and Acoustic Principles . 1979. ML755 .P4813

Stowell, Robin, ed. The Cambridge Companion to the Violin. 1992. ML800 .C35 1992

Stowel, Robin. The Early Violin and Viola: A Practical Guide. 2001. ML855 .S79 2001

Stowell, Robin. Violin Technique and Performance Practice in the Late Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries 1985. ML855 .S8 1985

Strange, Patricia, and Allen Strange. The Contemporary Violin: Extended Performance Techniques. 2001. ML857 .S77 2001

Players and makers

Agus, Ayke. Heifetz as I Knew Him. 2001. ML418 .H44 A48 2001

Beare, Charles. Antonio Stradivari: The Cremona Exhibition of 1987. 1993. ML755 .B55 1993

Burton, Humphrey. Yehudi Menuhin: A Life. 2001. ML418 .M27 B87 2001

Hartnack, Joachim. Grosse Geiger in Unserer Zeit. 1993. ML398 .H37 1993

Harvey, Brian W. The Violin Family and Its Makers in the British Isles: An Illustrated History and Directory . 1995. ML755 .H37 1995

Lewis, Thane. Fiddling With Life: The Unusual Journey of Steven Staryk. 2000. ML418 .S735 L48 2000

Menuhin, Yehudi. Unfinished Journey: Twenty Years Later. 1997. ML418 .M27 A3 1997

Newman, Richard. Alma Rose: Vienna to Auschwitz. 2000. ML418 .R76 N48 2000

Roth, Henry. Master Violinists in Performance. 1982. ML857 .R67 1982

Stern, Issac. My First 79 Years. 1999. ML419 .S75 A3 1999

Instruction, studies, and exercises

Galamian, Ivan. Principles of Violin Playing & Teaching. 1985. MT260 .G34 1985

Gavinies, Pierre. 24 Matinees: Pour Violon. 1949. MT265 .G29 M3 1949

Flesch, Carl. The Art of Violin Playing. 2000. MT262 .F631 2000

Menuhin, Yehudi. The Compleat Violinist: Thoughts, Exercises, Reflections of an Itinerant Violinist. 1986. MT260 .M4 1986

Polnauer, Frederick F. Total Body Technique of Violin Playing. 1974. MT261 .P62

Primrose, William. Technique is Memory: A Method for Violin and Viola Players Based on Finger Patterns. 1960. MT262 .P73

Schradieck, Henry. The School of Violin-Technic. 1900. MT262 .S35 S3

Sevcik, Otakar. 40 Wariacji, Op.3 Na Skrzypce: Studium Techniki Smyczkowej. 1975. MT265 .S49 op.3

Spohr, Louis. Violinschule von Louis Spohr. 1832. Music Cage: MT262 .S8

Szigeti, Joseph. A Violinist's Notebook: 200 Music Examples with Notes for Practice and Performance. 1964. MT265 .S99 V5

Vigdorchik, Isaak. Violin Playing: A Physiological Approach. 1989. MT260 .V5 1989

PERIODICAL LITERATURE

The Strad	ML1 .S77	print: 1960-present
Strings	ML1 .S775	print: 1986-1997 online fulltext: 2001-
American String Teacher	ML1 .A58	print: 1951-1976, 1998-present online fulltext: 1996-

The latest issue is always shelved in the current periodicals display rack facing the west windows of the music library. UCSB students may check out periodicals for one day (except for the latest issue, which does not circulate).

To search for journal articles on the violin, use the three databases listed below. All three can be accessed via the library's home page; point to Research in the column on the left, then click on Article Indexes & Databases and scroll down the alphabetical list of databases in the lefthand frame. Because these databases are licensed for UCSB use only, you need to configure your browser for the library's proxy server in order to use them from off campus.

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature

RILM indexes not just journal articles, but all types of music literature: books, dissertations, conference proceedings, reviews, etc. Coverage goes back to 1969. To get started, try the search violin music in the first search box. Note that you can limit your search chronologically by using the Pub. Year or range box. To limit by language, select the "Change Search & Display Level" button on the right, and then select Advanced search mode and Continue. The Advanced search screen has a language box where you can limit your search to one or more languages.

International Index to Music Periodicals (IIMP)

IIMP indexes approximately 370 periodicals, including The Strad from 1969 to the present, Strings from 1996 to the present, and American String Teacher for 1994, and 1996 to the present. IIMP Fulltext also carries fulltext for Strings and American String Teacher (see above for coverage).

Music Index Online

Indexes more than 640 music periodicals going back to 1979, including The Strad and American String Teacher .

WEB SITES

Authentication and Appraisal of Violins
Violinist.com
International Violin Competitions
World Federation of International Music Competitions

Author: Sharon Seabrook.