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Visentin, Peter Robinson, Airdrie Kalyn University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts 2014-10-28T22:02:15Z 2014-10-28T22:02:15Z 2014 https://hdl.handle.net/10133/3574 In 1782, Italian violinist Giovanni Battista Viotti performed in the Concerts spirituels of Paris, causing a sensation with his new style of playing, deemed “plein de feu, plein d’audace,” “full of fire, full of audacity.” This paper discusses Viotti’s style in the context of his use of the Tourte bow and “modernized” model of Stradivarius violin. Viotti’s chief disciples were French violin virtuosi Rodolphe Kreutzer, Pierre Rode and Pierre Baillot. As inaugural professors of the Paris Conservatoire, they championed Viotti's musical aesthetic and created pedagogical materials enabling others to emulate it. In 1803, Kreutzer, Rode and Baillot collaborated to produce Méthode de Violon, a technique manual expounding Viotti’s style and establishing a French Violin School of performance practice. This thesis identifies idiomatic signature elements of this style in the Méthode and comments upon the significance of the Conservatoire’s standardization of instruction, both of which prove foundational to the legacy of the French Violin School. en_CA Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Music Fine Arts Department of Music Thesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Fine Arts) Méthode de violon Giovanni Battista Viotti French Violin School technique violin instruction Violin -- Instruction and study -- 19th century Violin -- Bowing -- 19th century Violin -- Methods -- 19th century Violin music -- 19th century -- History and criticism Viotti, Giovanni Battista, 1755-1824 Kreutzer, Rodolphe, 1766-1831 Rode, P. (Pierre), 1774-1830 Baillot, Pierre Marie François de Sales, 1771-1842 Violin -- Performance -- France -- History Conservatories of music -- France -- Paris -- 19th century Dissertations, Academic "Plein de feu, plein d'audace, plein de change" : examining the role of the Méthode de violon in the establishment of the French Violin School Thesis Masters 0413 0522 Yes open.access