This monumental, epoch-making work by Carl Flesch is the
most comprehensive and thorough treatise dealing with
practically everything that is of concern to the violinistmusician.
This new translation makes the work more accessible
utilizing a contemporary idiom and having received a
general updating. Newly engraved and freshly typeset,
Flesch’s magnum opus remains the most significant and
trailblazing work ever written for violinists.

Introduction, Section I. General Musical Elements Connected with Performance on the Violin, Section I: A. Meter and Rhythm, Section I: B. Ornamention, Section I: C. Articulation, Section I: D. Dynamics, Section I: E. Tempo and Its Alterations (Agogics), Section I: F. Phrasing, Section I: G. Feeling for Style, Section II. Violinistic-Technical Elements Relating to Performance, Section III. Personality: Human and Artistic, Section III: A. The Human Personality, Section III: B. The Artistic-Violinistic Personality, Section IV. Inhibiting Factors Affecting Public Performance, Section IV: A. Impediments Relating to Space and Surroundings, Section IV: B. Impediments Relating to Physical Factors, Section IV: C. Obstacles and Hindrances of a Violinistic Nature, Section IV: D. Visual Impediments and Hindrances, Section IV: E. Acoustic Impediments, Section IV: F. Spiritual-Emotional Obstacles, Section V. Violin Repertoire and Concert Programs, Section VI. Teaching, Editor's Preface to the Appendices, Appendix I: Johann Sebastion Bach, Appendix II: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Appendix III: Giovanni Battista Viotti, Appendix IV: Ludwig van Beethoven, Appendix V: Louis Spohr, Appendix VI: Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Appendix VII: Henri Vieuxtemps, Appendix VIII: Robert Schumann, Appendix IX: Johannes Brahms, Appendix X: Pietro Nardini, Appendix XI: Rubato in Hungarian Folkloristic Violin Music, Index of Subjects, Index of Musical Examples, Index of Names