The 20th Century Violin Education Master Ivan Galamian Teaching Ideas

Ivan Galamian was an outstanding representative of the violin educational circles of the 20th century. The principles of violin teaching and playing that he proposed have epochal character and meet the needs of modern players. The principles include the ideas that acoustics should be balanced according to the hall, rules should serve for students, mind's control on hands is the source of the skilled techniques, and so on. Galamian had great influence on the art development of the 20th century. He had trained many famous artists such as Perlman, Zukerman, Kyung Wha Chung, Mickle Labin, etc, who had deep influence on the violin development of the 20th century. Therefore his monograph has been admired and concerned, and has become one of the books that modern violin teachers and players must read.Galamian' s teaching theory was well-organized and scentific. The thesis uses visual pictures to assist the explanation; combines the detailed discription of the " technique applications " of the musical interpretation: It covers Galamian's advanced and scientific teaching views and art views. And it has become the live knowledge for the futurity to benefit from.History is advancing. Knowledge is always developing. All the most advanced academy's successes are of relative truth, so is the study of violin teaching. I, a young scholar of the 21th century, choose Galamian as object of study.It uses the methodology of comparative study, evaluating figures, ideas, and conclusions respectively in historical, academic and particular contexts. I detail the content in 6 parts: Review and reflect on the theoretical study of violin teaching of 20th century; The teaching life of Galamian; The influence of principles of violin teaching and playing; The key points of vioin teaching recordings; Discussion on Galamian's teaching ideas; The evaluation on Galamian's teaching by the 20th century violin educational circles. The thesis aims at getting a more comprehensive and systemic evaluation and summary of Galamian's academic ideas and dedication.