Stanley Ritchie is Distinguished Professor of Music at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University. He is a leading exponent of Baroque and Classical violin playing and recipient of the Early Music America¿s highest award, the Howard Mayer Brown Award for Lifetime Achievement in Early Music.

Foreword / Mauricio FuksAcknowledgementsIntroduction1. Principles of InterpretationNotationPolyphonyHarmonyMetreDynamicsInequalityFingeringNote LengthBow DirectionArticulationsOrnamentation2. Dance FormsAllemandaBourée/BoreaCiacconaCorrenteGavotteGigue/GigaLoureMenuetSarabanda/SarabandeSicilianaDoublePreludio3. Analytical Methods and ExercisesG-Minor AdagioG-Minor FugaD-Minor Allemanda4. The Improvisatory MovementsG-Minor Sonata: AdagioA-Minor Sonata: Grave5. The FuguesG-MinorA-MinorC-Major6. The Ostinato MovementsPartita II: CiacconaSonata III: Adagio7. The Dance-like MovementsBourée and BoreaTempo di BoreaB-Minor CorrenteD-Minor CorrenteGavotte en RondeauThe GigaThe GigueThe LoureThe MenuetsThe Sarabande and SarabandaThe B-Minor SarabandeThe D-Minor Sarabanda8. The Virtuoso MovementsG-minor Sonata: PrestoB-Minor Corrente - DoubleThe A-Minor FinaleThe C-Major Allegro assaiThe E-Major Preludio9. The Philosophical MovementsThe AllemandaB-Minor PartitaD-Minor Partita10. The Lyrical MovementsThe SicilianaA-Minor Sonata: AndanteThe C-Major Sonata: Largo11. Right-hand TechniquePolyphonyChordal TechniqueMartelé and SpiccatoSautilléBariolageOndeggiando12. Left-hand TechniqueThe Role of VibratoHalf-PositionChoice of FingeringsIntonationTuningLast WordsBibliography