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Sassmannshaus taught children from the ages four to six at a time when starting at ten was still considered normal. Unlike Shinichi Suzuki (founder of the Suzuki Method), he introduced note-reading early, using a large-print format. To teach pitch and rhythm he used familiar folk songs and texts, and often the same song recurs later to teach a ...
Born in Würzburg, Germany, he is the son of violin pedagogue Egon Sassmannshaus.After receiving his bachelor's degree from Cologne, where he studied with Igor Ozim, Sassmannshaus received a master's degree from the Juilliard School as a scholarship student of Dorothy DeLay, and won first prize in the International Chamber Music Competition in Colmar, France.
Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...
Dorothy DeLay was born on March 31, 1917, in Medicine Lodge, Kansas to parents who were musicians and teachers. [2] [3] She began studying violin at age 4.At age 14, she graduated from Neodesha High School, where her father was superintendent.
Kurt Sassmannshaus (faculty 1983–present) is a violinist, teacher, and conductor. He is CCM's distinguished Dorothy Richard Starling Chair for Classical Violin, a position previously held by the late Dorothy Delay. Sassmannshaus has taught around the world, including master classes in Europe, the United States, Japan, China, and Australia ...
Yost may be more widely known for his Yost Violin System, a myriad of method books for the violin, which focus on building basic technique to solidify one's playing. Who's Who in America asserted he had made "revolutionary discoveries" with his publication of the Yost System. [4] Some of his books include: Studies in Pizzicato and Harmonics
His second wife Dr. Angelika Varga-Behrer is a musicologist, musician and author. Sole responsible administrator of Tibor Varga´s artistic legacy, Angelika Varga-Behrer is also the editor of Tibor Varga´s Violin Method (also in transcription for viola) [5] as well as the author of his official biography [6].
In 1991, at age 11, he was awarded first place at the Fifth Wieniawski International Youth Violin Competition by the unanimous vote of 20 judges from 11 countries; he is the youngest winner in the competition's history. [4] In 1998, at age 17, he won the first prize in the Nakamichi Violin Concerto competition.