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Lionel Tertis was internationally recognised to have been perhaps the greatest viola player of all time. That the viola is today an important solo instrument and orchestral unit is entirely his achievement, and his design of a large but easily manageable viola - the Tertis Model - has laid the foundations for a standard-sized instrument. The author describes his prodigious career with vigour and a remarkable recall of detail. The musicians and composers, many of them his close friends of whom he writes, include some of the most important in twentieth century music. A comprehensive bibliography of works written for ... Read more
Lionel Tertis was internationally recognised to have been perhaps the greatest viola player of all time. That the viola is today an important solo instrument and orchestral unit is entirely his achievement, and his design of a large but easily manageable viola - the Tertis Model - has laid the foundations for a standard-sized instrument. The author describes his prodigious career with vigour and a remarkable recall of detail. The musicians and composers, many of them his close friends of whom he writes, include some of the most important in twentieth century music. A comprehensive bibliography of works written for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kahn & Averill United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781871082203
SKU
V9781871082203
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Ref
99-11
About Lionel Tertis
Lionel Tertis first studied the violin in Leipzig, Germany and later at the Royal Academy of Music in London where he was encouraged by the principal, Alexander Mackenzie, to take up the viola. Further encouraged by Oskar Nedbal, he became one of the best known violists of his time. As Professor of Viola at the RAM, he encouraged his colleagues ... Read more
Reviews for My Viola and I
"This will not only become the bible for all viola players, but an historic document for all musicians and music lovers, covering as it does three-quarters of a century of music making all over the world." Gramophone; "Lionel Tertis was a legend in his own lifetime - he stood shoulder to shoulder with Ysaye, Kreisler, Casals, Cortot, Rubinstein and a ... Read more