Schroeder. Handbook of Violoncello Playing (Book on CDrom)
[Facsimile CD]

Author: Carl Schroeder.

Includes chapters on the history and development of the 'Cello, Technique and Performance.
The appendix includes a list of the 'Principal Cellists of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries and a 'Guide Through Violoncello Literature.'

Contents:

PART I. The Instrument. Origin of the Violoncello. The first Violoncelli. The name Violoncello.   Perfecting of the Violoncello. Chief makers of the present time. Attempts at improving the instrument. Endeavours to discover the lost secrets of the Italian makers. Imitations of Italian instruments. Labels. The various parts of the Violoncello. Function of the sound post and bass bar. Position of the bridge. Pressure on the upper table. The peg. Compass. Dimensions of the Violoncello. The wood Violoncelli. The Varnish. The Strings. Strings pure in fifths.   String-gauge. Care of the strings. The Bow. The parts of the bow. Resin. Violoncello cases. Price of Violoncelli.   „   „   „  Cases.     „   „   „  Bows.  Care of the Instrument. Cleaning the hair of the bow. Naming of the strings. Compass of the Violoncello. Notation.

PART II. Technique of Violoncello playing. Sitting position of player. Holding the Violoncello. Position of the left arm and left hand.  Holding the bow. Position of the right hand. Testing correct position. Bowing. Signs used in bowing. The up and down strokes. The first bowing exercises. Tuning. Setting the fingers. The positions. Changing position (shifting) Fingering of the scale in various positions. Fingering of chords. Thumb positions. Scales with the use of the thumb.  Arpeggios in thumb positions. Double stops. Harmonics. The art of bowing.    The close shake. The open shake. Pizzicato playing. PART III. Performance. Artistic rendering. Taste. Individuality. Phrasing. APPENDIX. Principal Violoncellists of the 18th and 19th. Centuries Guide through Violoncello literature.

Published 1893.