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• Orchesterstudien aus den symphonischen Werken, für Violine (C.F. Peters, 1910), by Richard Strauss and Carl Prill (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Orchesterstudien aus seinen Bühnenwerken : Violine II (Fürstner Musikverlag ;, 1987), by Richard Strauss and Hugo Venus (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Orchesterstudien aus seinen Bühnenwerken : Violine I (Fürstner Musikverlag ;, 1987), by Richard Strauss and Bernhard Dessau (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The modern concert-master : a complete course of progressive orchestral studies for advanced violinists ; a representative collection of difficult, prominent and characteristic violin passages, selected from the symphonic and operatic works of the most celebrated classic, romantic and modern composers of the world (Carl Fischer, 1908), by Gustav Saenger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Orchesterstudien für 2. Violine eine Sammlung schwieriger Stellen aus Tonwerken für Kirche, Theater und Konzertsaal (Breitkopf & Härtel, 1899), by F. Hermann (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Violins and Violin Makers: Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, Their Followers and Imitators, to the Present Time; With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin (London: Longman and Co.; Sheffield: J. Pearce, Jr., 1866), by Joseph Pearce (Gutenberg text)
• The violin & its story: or the history & construction of the violin (London : "The Strad" Office; New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1905., 1905), by Hyacinth Abele, Geoffrey Alwyn, and Fry Collection of Italian History and Culture (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• My musical memories. (Funk & Wagnalls, 1884), by H. R. Haweis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old violins and violin lore. (Reeves, 1898), by H. R. Haweis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Antoine Stradivari, luthier célèbre connu sous le nom de Stradivarius : précédé de recherches historiques et critiques sur l'origine et les transformations des instruments à archet et suivi d'analyses théoriques sur l'archet et sur François Tourte, auteur de ses derniers perfectionnements (Vuillaume, 1856), by François-Joseph Fétis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notice of Anthony Stradivari, the celebrated violin-maker, known by the name of Stradivarius: (R. Cocks and co., 1864), by François-Joseph Fétis and John Bishop (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionaire du violoniste : suivi d'une liste des violonistes célèbres et des luthiers les plus connus depuiss l'origine du violon jusqu'à la fin du XIX siècle (Fischbacher, Saintes, L'auteur, 1923), by Henri Vercheval (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (Dulau and co., 1909), by George Hart (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Violin-making, as it was and is: being a historical, theoretical, and practical treatise on the science and art of violin-making, for the use of violin makers and players, amateur and professional. (New York and Melbourne, Ward, Lock, & co., limited, 1885), by Edward Heron-Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• The violin: some account of that leading instrument, and its most eminent professors, from its earliest date to the present time ... (R. Cocks and co. [etc.], 1878), by George Dubourg and John Bishop (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geschichte des Violinspiels (M. Hesse, 1923), by Andreas Moser and Hans Joachim Moser (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Storia del violino, dei violinisti e della musica per violino (U. Hoepli, 1906), by Alfredo Untersteiner and Arnaldo Bonaventura (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• My musical memories (Funk & Wagnalls, 1887), by H. R. Haweis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité de lutherie ancienne. : Les maîtres luthiers; nouvelle Cote des violons ... (R. Dupuich [i.e. R. Fissore, in the 1900s), by Robert Fissore (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Chats on violins (T.W. Laurie, 1905), by Olga Racster (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• British violin-makers classical and modern; being a biographical and critical dictionary of British makers of the violin from the foundation of the classical school to the end of the nineteenth century (Chatto & Windus, 1904), by W. Meredith Morris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Experiences of a violinist at home and abroad (Manchester printing co., ltd.], 1921), by Edward Normanton Bilbie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die geige (Commissions-verlag von A. Meinhardt, 1892), by Hermann August Drögemeyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Le violen, ses huhiers c9elèbres et leurs imitateurs : contenant de nombreuses gravures sur bois d'après les photographies des violons de Stradivari, de Guarneri, d'Amati, etc. (J. Rouam, 1894), by George Hart and Alphonse Royer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old violins. (G. Redway, 1898), by H. R. Haweis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Luthomonographie, historique et raisonnée ... (C. Jügel, 1856), by Nikolaĭ Borisovich I︠U︡supov (page images at HathiTrust)
• Violins and violin makers. Biographical dictionary of the great Italian artistes, their followers and imitators, to the present time. With essays on important subjects connected with the violin. (Longman and co.;, 1866), by Joseph Pearce (page images at HathiTrust)
• Les instruments des écoles italiennes : catalogue, précédé d'une introduction et suivi de notes sur les principaux maîtres (mm. Gand et Bernardel frères, 1872), by J. Gallay (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Salabue Stradivari. : A history and critical description of the famous violin, commonly called "le Messie". Containing many particulars obtained from authentic sources and now published for the first time (W. E. Hill & Sons;, 1891), by London Hill (W. E.) & Sons and Robert Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cremona; eine Charakteristik der italienischen Geigenbauer und ihrer Instrumento. (C. Merseburger, 1897), by Friedrich Niederheitmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• The violin: being on account of that leading instrument, and its most eminent professors, from its earliest date to the present time; [with] hints to amateurs & anecdotes. (R. Cocks and co. [etc.], 1870), by George Dubourg and John Bishop (page images at HathiTrust)
• My musical life (W. H. Allen & co., limited, 1896), by H. R. Haweis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The violinist's encyclopedic dictionary : containing the explanation of more than 4,500 words, phrases, signs, references, etc., foreign as well as English, used in the study of the violin and also by string players, orchestra directors and players generally. With a list of important composers of violin music, and of old violin makers, as well as bow makers. Also rules for the pronunciation of foreign terms (Violin Literature Pub. Co., 1928), by Frederic Barclay Emery (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die akustischen Rätsel der Geige : die endgültige Lösung des Geigenproblems, für Physiker, Geigenbauer und Musiker (C. Merseburger, 1926), by Karl Fuhr (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cremona : eine charakteristik der italienischen Geigenbauer und ihrer Instrumente (C. Merseburger, 1922), by Friedrich Niederheitmann and Emil Vogel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Le violon (Lutherie-œuvres-biographies); guide à l'usage des artistes & des amateurs (Fischbacher, 1906), by Alberto Bachmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The appreciation of rare violins (F.D. Ballard, 1945), by Pat Ballard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of the Kohler & Chase collection of rare old violins; including a number of cuts of some of the finest violins in the world. It also includes a list of the standard violin and piano music. (Kohler & Chase, 1910), by Kohler & Chase (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chats on big & little fiddles (Frederick A. Stokes, 1924), by Olga Racster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité de lutherie ancienne. La lutherie ... ([Imp. P. Dupont], 1900), by Robert Fissore (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Le violoniste et le violon; causeries psychologiques, critiques et techniques. (L. Durance, 1928), by J. Chenantais (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The violin : some account of that leading instrument and its most eminent professors, from its earliest date to the present time : with hints to amateurs, anecdotes, etc. (R. Cocks, 1852), by George Dubourg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Violin tone and violin makers (Chatto & Windus, 1916), by Hidalgo Moya and Towry Piper (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Famous violinists and fine violins : historical notes, anecdotes, and reminiscences (Chatto & Windus ;, 1896), by T. L. Phipson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Handbook of violin playing (Augener, 1900), by Carl Schroeder and John Matthews (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Some early musical recollections of G. Haddock. (Schott, 1906), by George Haddock (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cremona: an account of the Italian violin-makers and their instruments (Robert Cocks & Co., 1894), by Friedrich Niederheitmann and W. H. Quarrell (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Salabue Stradivari. A history and critical description of the famous violin, commonly called "le Messie." (W.E. Hill & sons;, 1891), by W. E. Hill and Robert Harrison (page images at HathiTrust)
• The violin : how to choose one (Kohler & Son, 1893), by Wm. C. Honeyman (page images at HathiTrust)
• My musical memories (Funk & Wagnalls, 1887), by H. R. Haweis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Famous violinists and fine violins; historical notes, anecdotes, and reminiscences (Chatto & Windus;, 1903), by T. L. Phipson (page images at HathiTrust)
• The soul of the violin : a dramatic musical inspiration. (Dramus, 1924), by Philip Van Loan (page images at HathiTrust)
• My musical life (W. H. Allen & co., ltd., 1886), by H. R. Haweis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essai de philosophie instrumentale: ℓ'art du violon (En vente chez les principaux editeurs et chez l'auteur, 1907), by Maurice Lucien Sébastien Clerjot (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die Grundlagen der Technik des Violinspieles. Eine Darlegung der Gesetze und Mittel der technischen Schulung. (M. Hesse, 1898), by Amadeo von der Hoya (page images at HathiTrust)
• Jewett's national violin teacher: comprising concise and simple rules of instruction, and a complete and beautiful variety of popular airs, quicksteps, marches, waltzes, quadrilles ... (J.P. Jewett & Co., 1851), by A distinguished professor of music and Boston Jewett (John P.) and Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• British violin makers; a biographical dictionary of British makers of stringed instruments and bows and a critical description of their work, with introductory chapters, and numerous portraits and illustrations (R. Scott, 1920), by William Meredith Morris (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Quelques observations sur l'art du violon (Firmin Didot, 1888), by Alphonse Meugy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The reminiscences of a fiddle dealer (Houghton Mifflin, 1925), by David Laurie (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• An encyclopedia of the violin. (D. Appleton and Co., 1925), by Alberto Bachmann, Albert E. Wier, and Frederick Herman Martens (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• De fidiculis bibliographia : being the basis of a bibliography of the violin. (Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh, 1891), by Edward Heron-Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• The violin : a concise exposition of the general principles of construction theoretically and practically treated : including the important researches of Savart, an epitome of the lives of the most eminent artists, and an alphabetical list of violin makers (Porteous Brothers, 1871), by P. Davidson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Violin-making, as it was and is : being a historical, theoretical, and practical treatise on the science and art of violin-making, for the use of violin makers and players, amateur and professional (Elias Howe Co., 1907), by Edward Heron-Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Violin tone and violin makers : Together with an account, biographical and critical, of the principal violin makers of the various schools and their works (Chatto & Windus, 1916), by Hidalgo Moya and Towry Piper (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• British violin-makers classical and modern (R. Scott, 1920), by William Meredith Morris (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The violin : its famous makers and their imitators (Dulau and co. [etc.], 1909), by George Hart (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• L'hygiène du violon, de l'alto, et du violoncelle : conseils pratiques sur l'acquisition, l'acquisition, l'entretien, le réglage, et la conservation des instruments à archet. (C. Delagrave, 1910), by Lucien Greilsamer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Les ancêtres du violon et du violoncelle, les luthiers et les fabricants d'archets (C. Schmid, 1901), by Laurent Grillet (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The violin: its famous makers and their imitators. (n.p., 1875), by George Hart (page images at HathiTrust)
• My musical life (Longmans, Green, and Co., 1912), by H. R. Haweis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cremona. Eine Charakteristik der italienischen Geigenbauer und ihrer Instrumente ... (C. Merseburger, 1877), by Friedrich Niederheitmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• 36 elementary and progressive studies for the violin, op. 20 (G. Schirmer, 1915), by H. E. Kayser and Louis Svečenski (page images at HathiTrust)
• The violin : its construction theoretically and practically treated, including an epitome of the lives of the most eminent artists, a dictionary of violin makers and lists of violin sales (P. Davidson, 1895), by P. Davidson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old violins, collection 1896-97, with historical sketches (The Lakeside Press, 1896), by Lyon & Healy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Violin school (Boosey, 1878), by Louis Spohr and Henry Holmes (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Violine als akustischer Apparat (Berlin : R. Gaertners Verlagsbuchhandlubng, 1896., 1896), by Leo Fernbach, Guido Adler, and Guido Adler Collection (page images at HathiTrust)
• Storia del violino e dell'archetto, relativo maneggio di essi, con alcune pratiche osservazioni ed aggiunte. (tipi Fava e Garagnani, 1873), by Ercole Folegatti (page images at HathiTrust)
• My musical life (W. H. Allen & co., ltd., 1884), by H. R. Haweis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Hawley collection of violins; with a history of their makers and a brief review of the evolution and decline of the art of violin-making in Italy, 1540-1800. (Chicago, 1904), by Lyon & Healy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Chats on violins (J.B. Lippincott, 1905), by Olga Racster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notice of Anthony Stradivari : the celebrated violin-maker, known by the name of Stradivarius: preceded by historical and critical researches on the origin and transformations of bow instruments; and followed by a theoretical analysis of the bow, and remarks on Francis Tourte, the author of its final improvements (R. Cocks and Co., 1864), by François-Joseph Fétis and John Bishop (page images at HathiTrust)
• The violinist's dictionary, containing nearly 2,000 words, phrases, references, etc. used in the study of the violin fully explained : with a list of important composers of violin music, and of old violin makers, also rules for pronouncing foreign terms (W. Reeves ; New York :, 1913), by Frederic B. Emery (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Old violins and violin lore (W. Reeves, 1900), by H. R. Haweis (page images at HathiTrust)
• The fiddle fancier's guide; a manual of information regarding violins, violas, basses and bows of classical and modern times, together with biographical notices and portraits of the most famous performers on these instruments (Haynes, Foucher & co., 1892), by James M. Fleming (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalog of rare old violins, violas and violoncellos; also bows of rare makes. (Faithorn, 1917), by Lyon & Healy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The violin, its famous makers and their imitators. (Dulau, 1887), by George Hart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lyon & Healy's Catalogue of their collection of rare old violins: mdccxcvi-vii, to which is added a historical sketch of the violin and its master makers, also a list of choice music for violin, arranged as solos, duets, trios, quartettes, etc. (Lakeside Press, 1896), by Lyon & Healy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ole Bull: a memoir; with Ole Bull's 'Violin notes' and A. B. Crosby's 'Anatomy of the violinist'. (Houghton Mifflin, 1897), by Sara Chapman Thorp Bull, Alpheus Benning Crosby, and Ole Bull (page images at HathiTrust)
• My musical life (Longmans, Green, 1987), by H. R. Haweis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La scuola italiana del violino. Memoria letta nell'adunanza solenne del dì 22 febbraio 1885 dall' accademico residente cav. M.o Federico Consolo. (Tip. dell'Arte della stampa, 1885), by Federico Consolo and lettere e arte figurative Accademia nazionale Luigi Cherubini di musica (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hervorragende und berühmte alte Geigen im Besitz von Hamma & Co., Handlung alter Meisterinstrumente, Stuttgart. ([Stuttgart?, 1800), by Stuttgart Hamma & Co. (page images at HathiTrust)
• The violinist's guide containing information pertaining to the violin making industry. (The Violinist Publishing Company, 1916) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Violin-making, as it was and is : being a historical, practical, and theoretical treatise on the science and art of violin-making, for the use of violin makers, and players, amateur and professional. (Ward, Lock, 1884), by Edward Heron-Allen (page images at HathiTrust)
• The violin: its famous makers and their imitators : with numerous wood engravings from photos. of the works of Stradiuarius, Guarnerius, Amati, and others (Dulau, 1875), by George Hart (page images at HathiTrust)
• Old violins (Grant, 1910), by H. R. Haweis (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Cremona: eine charakteristik der italienischen geigenbauer und ihrer instrumente (C. Merseburger, 1928), by Friedrich Niederheitmann and Wilhelm Altmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Excelsior method and progressive school for the violin (Philadelphia : J.W. Pepper, ©1882., 1882), by A. S. Bowman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dizionario del violinista, violista e violoncellista : seguito da un elenco dei violinisti celebri, dei liutai e dei fabbricanti di archetti più conosciuti dall'origine del violino alla fine del XIX secolo; esempi musicali (C. Sarti, 1924), by Henri Vercheval and Nella De Angeli (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The school of violin technic (C. Fischer, 1900), by Henry Schradieck (page images at HathiTrust)
• The heart of music : the story of the violin (Methuen, 1922), by Anna Alice Chapin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Ole Bull : a memoir (T. Fisher Unwin, 1886), by Sara Chapman Thorp Bull and A. B. Crosby (page images at HathiTrust)
• 25 Studien für Violine : op. 1 (Kistner, in the 19th century), by Henry Schradieck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Scale-studies for the violin : appendix to Schradieck's scales (G. Schirmer, 1940), by Hans Sitt, Henry Schradieck, and Philipp Mittell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cremona. Eine charakteristik der italienischen geigenbauer und ihrer instrumente (C. Merseburger, 1909), by Friedrich Niederheitmann and Emil Vogel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Shifting the position and preparatory scale studies : for the violin, op. 8 (G. Schirmer, 1905), by O. Ševčík and Philipp Mittell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thirty-six elementary and progressive studies for violin, op. 20 (G. Schirmer, 1915), by H. E. Kayser and Louis Svečenski (page images at HathiTrust)
• Preparatory trill studies for the violin, op. 7 : for developing the touch and strength and surety of the fingers = Estudios preparatorios de trino para violín : para el desarrollo del tomamiento y fuerza y seguridad de los dedos (G. Schirmer, 1921), by O. Ševčík and Louis Svečenski (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, nach den besten Quellen bearbeitet von Willibald Leo Freiherrn von Lütgendorff. (H. Keller, 1913), by Willibald Leo Lütgendorff (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Handbook of violin playing, by Carl Schroeder, trans. by John Matthews (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Salabue Stradivari : A history and critical description of the famous violin, commonly called "le Messie", by W.E. Hill & Sons, ed. by Robert Harrison, illust. by Shirley Slocombe (Gutenberg ebook)
• Violin tone and violin makers, by Hidalgo Moya and Towry Piper (Gutenberg ebook)
• Ole Bull: A Memoir, by Sara Chapman Thorp Bull, contrib. by Ole Bull and A. B. Crosby (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Violin: Some Account of That Leading Instrument and Its Most Eminent Professors, from Its Earliest Date to the Present Time; with Hints to Amateurs, Anecdotes, etc., by George Dubourg (Gutenberg ebook)

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