Has Yankelevich's book been translated to English?

February 27, 2009 at 12:15 AM ·

ISBN 5-86238-008-6

March 19, 2009 at 02:51 AM ·

Hello,

I'm actually in the process of translating this book into English.  I will let you know once it becomes available.  Meanwhile, it is available in French as "L'Ecole Russe du Violin."

All best,

- Masha Lankovsky

March 19, 2009 at 03:00 AM ·

A fuller citation for the French version:

Yuri Yankelevitch et l'école russe du violon. Fontenay-aux-Roses : Suoni e colori, 1999.

ISBN: 2914133006; 9782914133005

I see you are in Canada.  University of Toronto and University of Montreal libraries hold this edition.  You may be able to borrow through your library.

March 19, 2009 at 03:29 AM ·

Right, thanks Marianne. I'm sorry I forgot to type half the title!

January 25, 2010 at 08:33 PM ·

hi mash:)

so?? have you really done the translation? any way to access it (or at least some of it?)... this is the most amazing book, i am dying to share it with my friends/colleagues...can't believe you can't read it in English...

July 5, 2010 at 10:19 AM ·

 You can find Yankelevich's book on this link:

http://www.suoniecolori.com/v2/index.php/en/shopdisc.html?page=shop.product_details&product_id=29&flypage=flypage.tpl&pop=0

you can buy directly there and download it.

You can read more books about violin playing at this page for free.

http://nacuzi.ning.com/page/library-1

July 15, 2010 at 07:29 AM ·

Alessio, thank you for the link. I found the book, downloaded and printed it. Among other things, it contains a very thorough analysis of (1) posture, and (2) position change. There are no easy fixes ("practice this, and you'll play like Oistrakh in two weeks").

The oscilloscopic studies of position change, based on the manual analysis of oscilloscope traces by Ms. Sakhaltuyeva, Yankelevich' assistant, are an example of that thoroughness. Imagine having to do that by hand: go through pages of scope traces to infer the changing pitch of a violin tone.

I made a comparable trace using Jerry Agin's program Intonia. It took me all of five minutes. Here it is:

Van Drop Box

It's completely simple: everyone can do it. Have fun.

Bart

edit: you need to click on the picture to see anything. The change occurs after 4:39.6.

February 18, 2011 at 05:48 AM ·

Hi everyone,

While the book is not published just yet, there is an article of mine detailing Yankelevich's pedagogy now out in this month's (February, 2011) issue of Strad magazine.

Cheers,

- Masha

January 5, 2014 at 09:21 PM · I'm very interested to know if the translation is published yet?

TYIA

/Joakim

October 26, 2016 at 01:19 PM · Hello everyone, just to let you know the book is finally published in English from Oxford University Press and is available here:

https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-russian-violin-school-9780199917624?cc=fr&lang=en&

October 26, 2016 at 02:18 PM · Congratulations Masha! I just ordered from Amazon.

October 26, 2016 at 04:50 PM · It's good. Has a lot of really in-depth stuff about shifting. Thanks Masha! Are you aware of any interesting writings of Abram Yampolsky, and whether there is anything worth translating from him?