Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Louis Spohr's Celebrated Violin School: Translated From the Original, and Dedicated to the Author's Friend Edward Taylor Esq., Gresham Professor of Music
The parents' first care should be, to provide their son With a. Good teacher, Whether he chooses the vioiin as the instrument of his future profession or otherwise. For, rm the complicate mechanism of Violin playing and the great difficulty in acquiring a pure into nation, it is'of' the utmost importance that on this instrument, more than. On any other, the first instructions be imparted in a11'able and conscientious ma1mer;-as faults and bad ha bits once 'contracted, if not entirely beyond remedy. At a future period, can at least be corrected only by extreme perseverence and with much loss of time; Hence, it is to the advantage of the parents themselves, to place their son only under such a teacher who they have reason to believe will strictly adhere to the directions contained in this School, as well as attend to the hints given below.
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