Die hohe Schule des Violinspiels

Die hohe Schule des Violinspiels. Werke berühmter Meister des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts, für Violine und Pianoforte

History

This extremely popular collection of 20 eighteenth-century works was arranged by Ferdinand David and first published by Breitkopf & Härtel in May of 1867, with another 3 works appearing in October of 1872. Along with several reissues by Breitkopf, the collection was extensively reprinted by other publishers in the decades following David's death, most often with editorial additions from well-known violinists and pedagogues. Despite some serious criticism from the musicologist Hans Joachim Moser for indulging in heavy and overly romantic editing of the original works, the collection remains an important milestone in the re-introduction of Baroque style.

It was also issued in a viola version Die hohe Schule des Violaspiels in 1899, ed Friedrich Hermann

The series Die hohe Schule des Violoncellspiels ed Friedrich Grützmacher, pub Breitkopf 1891-1905, contains 11 different works, only three of which are from the Baroque period.

Arranger and Editors

• Ferdinand David (1810-1873)

Henri Petri (1853–1914) - revision issued by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1910

Friedrich Hermann (1828-1907) - viola version issued by Breitkopf & Härtel in 1899

Publishers

• Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, n.d.(1867). Plates 11301-11320, in 3 volumes

Zweite folge (3 works by Leclair), n.d.(1872)

Reissue - (1879)

Reissue - (1891), in 2 volumes

Reissue (edited by Petri), n.d.(1910). Plate V.A. 1992 / 1993

Contents

1910 Breitkopf reissue (ed. Petri)

• Volume I.

1. Heinrich J. F. Biber, Sonata VI (C minor)

2. Arcangelo Corelli, Folies d’Espagne (Variations)

3. Nicolò A. Pórpora, Violin Sonata in G major

4. Antonio Vivaldi, Sonata No.2 in A major, RV 31

5. Jean Marie Leclair, Sonata in C minor (Le Tombeau), Op.5 No.6

6. Jean Marie Leclair, Sonata in G major, Op.5 No.12

7. Pietro Nardini, Sonata (D major)

8. Francesco M. Veracini, Sonata for Violin and Cembalo in E minor

9. Joh. Seb. Bach, Violin Sonata in E minor, BWV 1023

10. Joh. Seb. Bach, Sonata (C minor)

• Volume II.

11. Georg Fr. Händel, Violin Sonata in A Major, HWV 361

12. Giuseppe Tartini, Sonata (D major)

13. Tomaso Vitali, Ciaccona (G minor)

14. Pietro Locatelli, Sonata (G minor)

15. Francesco Geminiani, Sonata (C minor)

16. Sonata (A minor) – Unknown

17. Sonata (E♭ major) – Unknown

18. Sonata (C minor) – Unknown

19. Fr. Benda (1),(2), N. Mestrino (3), J. Stamitz (4), P. Locatelli (5), Kapricen

20. W. A. Mozart, Andante, Menuett und Rondo (from Serenade in D major, K.250/248b)