General and technical aspects of the violin/viola from the perspective of Carl Flesch and Ivan Galamian: their influences in the digital age

Author(s)

Valter Eiji Kakizaki

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Artes
• Defense date: 2014-08-26

Examining board members

Emerson Luiz de Biaggi; Lars Andreas Hoefs; Ricardo Lobo Kubala

• Advisor: Emerson Luiz de Biaggi

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand and compare the thoughts of two of the most important violin pedagogues of the 20th Century, Carl Flesch and Ivan Galamian, and investigate their influences nowadays in videos available on the internet. Therefore, we summarized the main ideas presented by the two authors regarding general, technical and interpretative aspects in the books "The Art of Violin playing " (Carl Flesch, 1923) and "The Art of Violin Playing and Teaching" (Ivan Galamian, 1962), making a comparison between their pedagogical proposals. Then, we examined the pedagogical materials posted on the internet by professors of recognized competence, Todd Ehle e Kurt Sassmannshaus, observing the same aspects and parameters discussed in the two books, verifying how this more recent material relates to the techniques suggested by Carl Flesch and Ivan Galamian (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 12/16004-2 - General and technical aspects of the violin/viola from the perspective of Carl Flesch and Ivan Galamian: their influences in the digital age
• Grantee: Valter Eiji Kakizaki
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master