Dont Jakob: 24 Preparatory Exercises to the Studies of Kreutzer and Rode for Violin solo op. 37: New Urtext Edition: 24 Studies

NEW EDITION [@rnverlag on Instagram]The Austrian violinist, composer and teacher Jakob Dont (1815-1888), together with Kreutzer and Rode were among the most prominent pedagogues of the 19th century. He was born and lived all his life in Vienna, and despite his versatility to develop a career as a soloist, he devoted himself to teaching the violin privately and in different institutions such as the Conservatory of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde. In 1852, Dont wrote 24 Preparatory Exercises (24 Vorübungen zu den Etüden von Kreutzer und Rode für Violine solo op. 37), an introduction perhaps intended to impart fundamental technical skills to reach the required level of Rodolphe Kreutzer's 42 ETUDES ou CAPRICES pour Violon and Pierre Rode's 24 CAPRICES for violin. Dont's exercises still cannot be avoided by violin scholars today due to the technical efficiency in which they were written, although the composer was later employed at the Wiener Konservatorium, he would eventually leave this position, as by that time the use of his own instructional compositions for teaching wasforbidden.Among our research sources , two copies in perfect condition are preserved in the Austrian National Library:a) First edition. Vienna, A. O. Witzendorf, plate number “A. O. W. 3332.”, published 1852. Op. 37.b) Revised new edition. Leipzig, F. E. C. Leuckart, plate number “F.E.C.L. 2617 ”, published 1878.Jakob Dont made repeated musical changes and revisions, and there are even clear differences between the first and second revised editions. Our urtext book is based mainly on the second revised edition of 1878, but always going back to the first edition of 1852 as a source of support.Dont's Preparatory Exercises are meticulously conceived to learn and master works with greater technical rigor, they can help the development of the left hand and the right hand dexterity due to the different types of bow strokes by their progressive difficulty, increasing from one exercise to the next. Throughout the 20th century, numerous editions have reprinted Dont's work, however, all of these have one thing in common, his attempt to adapt his fingerings and bowings to the taste of the time, and in doing so, run the risk of not conveying the details of the composer's original stagecraft.Roisber Narvaez Verlag restores the original access without adulterating the authentic fingering and bowing suggestions and which, in addition, provide information about the violin technique of the time in the 19th century: a clear preference for the first and third positions, often with extension of the little finger to reach a fifth note in the same position and occasionally extending the index finger backwards.Roisber Narvaez Verlag restores the original access without adulterating the authentic fingering and bowing suggestions and which, in addition, provide information about the violin technique of the time in the 19th century: a clear preference for the first and third positions, often with extension of the little finger to reach a fifth note in the same position and occasionally extending the index finger backwards.The editor has suggested in gray some natural completions of fingering without altering the composer's pedagogical intentions, as well as missing articulations. Fingerings of similar musical passages from the first edition printed in 1852 have also been added in italics as a study alternative, although some corrections have been added tacitly over the musical text and Dont's own notes are printed in italics at the beginning or end of the exercises.The publisher would like to give special thanks to the Austrian National Library (ÖsterreichischeNationalbibliothek ) for providing the sources for this urtext edition. Read more