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Book 1 Book 2 and 3 Book 4/The Authors About the method Früher Anfang auf Geige, Bratsche und Cello |
"The early emphasis on ensemble playing and the many duos in this method are so much fun for the kids. The pickup important chamber music
skills right from the beginning!"Peter Winograd and Laurie Carney, American String Quartet The original German violin method was first published in 1976. The author Egon Sassmannshaus is one of the most experienced and renowned violin pedagogues in Germany. For the new English edition his son Kurt Sassmannshaus worked as co-author and adapted his father’s successful method for English-speaking children. The combined knowledge and experience of father and son make the four volumes of the Sassmannshaus Tradition the most thoroughly researched and thought-through beginner violin method in the world. 
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The author Egon Sassmannshaus studied with
the eminent German-American violinist Walter
Schulze-Priska, who had been a student of Otokar
Sevcik, the first truly systematic violin pedagogue.
Egon Sassmannshaus’ keen interest in child
psychology as applied to the teaching of young
children, coupled with an impeccable background
in technical violin expertise and pedagogy led him
to publishing his violin method “Früher Anfang auf
der Geige” (The Sassmannshaus Tradition) in 1976.
This method quickly became the most popular and
best selling beginner method for violin teaching in
German speaking countries. Egon Sassmannshaus’
own students have excelled to become leading
teachers and musicians all over Europe. His son, the violinist Kurt Sassmannshaus, is currently chairman of the string department at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. A prize winning student of Igor Ozim and Dorothy DeLay, he had been a teaching associate to Dorothy DeLay for a quarter century. He published the pioneering website www.violinmasterclass.com in 2004. The UK’s Strad Magazine calls him the “King of on-line violin tutorials”. One of the most important violin teachers of his generation, Kurt Sassmannshaus’ students have won major international competitions and occupy important positions in the music world across the globe. In 2005 he founded his own summer school for outstanding young string players, the Great Wall International Music Academy in Beijing, China. (www.greatwallacademy.org) Sassmannshaus Violin Book 4 BA 9679 Musical Sample, page 20 The fourth volume introduces various positions as well as new bowing techniques. These are practiced in increasingly demanding classical duets. From here students can embark on the journey of standard repertoire – Concerti such as Vivaldi, Accolay etc. are now within reach. For a listing of appropriate material visit: www.violinmasterclass.com |