Some thoughts on Baillot and the French and Franco-Belgium Schools of Violin Playing

For my own personal reference, I am constructing a "violin tree" with Corelli and Vivaldi at the top.

Italian School

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) / Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)

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Giovanni Battista Somis (1686-1763)

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                            Gaetano Pugnani (1731-1798)                         

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Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824) [Noteworthy contribution: Use of Tourte bow for new techniques]

• Viotti transferred the Italian tradition of violin playing to Paris.  His students included members of the French Triumvirate (Kreutzer, Rode, and Baillot) and the founder of the Franco-Belgium School, Robberechts. 

French School   

• Rodolphe Kreutzer (1766-1831) [Notable for "42 Etudes and Caprices;" Beethoven devoted his Violin Sonata No. 9 in A Major to him, although they were only acquaintances]    
• Pierre Rode (1774-1830) [Composed "24 Caprices;" 13 violin concertos]    
• Pierre Baillot (1771-1842) [Author of "The Art of the Violin" treatise on violin playing]
• Louis Spohr (1784-1859) 

        Franco-Belgium School          

   Robberechts

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Charles de Bériot (1802-1870)

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Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1866)

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               Eugéne Ysaÿe (1858-1931)        

18th Century Treatises

Mozart, Leopold. A Treatise on the Fundamental Principles of Violin Playing. 1754.

Tartini, Giuseppe. The Art of the Bow.

Quantz, Johann Joachim. On Playing the Flute. 

Geminiani, Francesco. The Art of Playing on the Violin. 1751. 

19th Century Treatises

Baillot, Pierre. The Art of the Violin. 1834.

Violin/Viola Repertoire Listening List

Rococo/Baroque

Concerto No. 1 in D Major for Viola, Op. 1, Karl Stamitz (1745-1801) - Bohemian violinist, composer, and son of Johann Stamitz.  Second-generation conductor of the Mannheim Court Orchestra.

Viola Concerto in D Major; Viola Concerto in Bb Major, Hoffmeister, Franz Anton (1754-1812)

Rolla, Alessandro.

Benda.

Bruni, Bartolomeo.

Hoffmeister - 25 Studies

Campognoli, Bartolomeo - Viola Studies

Classical

Rolla, Alessandro - Violin Duos, Violin/Viola Duos, Concerti

Haydn, Joseph - Concertos in CM, GM

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Violin Concertos No. 1 and 2; Duo Concertante

Mannheim Sonatas, K. 300s, 2-mvmts.

Beethoven, Ludwig van - Violin Sonatas

Rode

Kreutzer

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