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Author:   Masha Lankovsky ,  Director of the Classical Division Masha Lankovsky (Brooklyn Conservatory of Music)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.10cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9780199917624

ISBN 10:   0199917620
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   25 August 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Introduction Yuri Yankelevich and the Russian School of Violin Playing Part I Chapter 1 Yuri Yankelevich: Setting up the Violin and Bow Hold Chapter2 Yuri Yankelevich: Shifting in Conjunction with the Musical Goals of the Violinist 1. General perception of the positions. Different systems of dividing the fingerboard; their conventions and modifications in the evolution of violin playing 2. Shifting and the problem of intonation. The aural perception of intervals and the role this plays in developing a sense of distance on the fingerboard 3. Particularities of moving the left hand along the fingerboard and changing positions in various parts of the fingerboard - in search of the most efficient techniques 4. Relaxed movement as an essential condition for realizing artistic intentions. An analysis of the reasons restricting the movement of the left hand while changing positions 5. An optimal setup and developing correct playing movements 6. Particularities of descending shifts. Coordination between the principal movements of the left hand while shifting 7. General principles of shifting in cantilena and technical passages. The role of objective methodology in analyzing shifting. A classification of shifts 8. Details of executing different types of shifts. How different shifting techniques depend on musical context 9. Shifts made with the help of an open string or natural harmonic. Shifts using chromatic glissando 10. Shifting in double stops: octaves and tenths, thirds and fingered octaves, sixths and fourths 11. The interdependence of the left and right hands while shifting. Methods of shifting while changing bows. Shifts and various bow strokes Part II Chapter 3 Maya Glezarova: Aspects of Yankelevich's Teaching Methods Chapter 4 Vladimir Grigorev: Yankelevich's Methodological System Appendix A: Selected students and assistants of Yuri Yankelevich Appendix B: Methodological writings by Yuri Yankelevich Appendix C: Compositions edited by Yuri Yankelevich Bibliography

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At its core, this text sheds considerable light on the pedagogical theories and practices of a prolific educator in the twentieth century Russian Violin School. Violin instructors will find Yankelevich's generous and patient approach to instruction highly engaging and insightful. His advocacy of a student-oriented approach, derived from contemporaneous research in psychology, physiology, pedagogy, and educational theory, is supplemented and reinforced by the observations of Glezarova and Grigoryev. Performers will find Yankelevich's lengthy essay on shifting positions insightful and applicable to current practice. The entire book, including the supplemental material, will be valuable for scholars of the Russian Violin School or of Russian music education more broadly. --Notes

At its core, this text sheds considerable light on the pedagogical theories and practices of a prolific educator in the twentieth century Russian Violin School. Violin instructors will find Yankelevich's generous and patient approach to instruction highly engaging and insightful. His advocacy of a student-oriented approach, derived from contemporaneous research in psychology, physiology, pedagogy, and educational theory, is supplemented and reinforced by the observations of Glezarova and Grigoryev. Performers will find Yankelevich's lengthy essay on shifting positions insightful and applicable to current practice. The entire book, including the supplemental material, will be valuable for scholars of the Russian Violin School or of Russian music education more broadly. --Notes

Author Information

Yuri Yankelevich (1909 - 1973) was one of the most important and influential teachers in the Soviet Union. He studied at the Leningrad Conservatory in the class of Ionannes Nalbandyan (a student of Leopold Auer) and continued his graduate work at the Moscow Conservatory with Abraham Yampolsky. After working many years as Yampolsky's assistant, Yankelevich continued to teach at the Moscow Conservatory for almost forty years producing a golden generation of exceptional violinists. Masha Lankovsky (translator) studied the violin with Nelli Shkolnikova, one of Yankelevich's first students to receive international recognition. A graduate of Indiana University and the City University of New York she has written about the Russian Violin School for The Strad magazine and presented at the American String Teachers Association. Presently she teaches at the Conservatoire de Versailles in France.

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