my open space

"I feel responsible for the beauty of the world"  - Adriano, Roman Emperor & Humanist

A passion since a child, writing is my space of experimentation where I order my thoughts about many of life's subjects. I've created the present spot to share the following essays and my personal library for no purpose other than leaving a door open on my personal vision of the world.

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To remember: what works for others won't always work for you. And what works for you today won't always work tomorrow.

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LEGENDA

PERSONAL THOUGHTS

VIOLIN PEDAGOGY - HARMONY & MUSIC THEORY - STYLE & INTERPRETATION

BIOGRAPHIES - MUSIC HISTORY - PSYCHOLOGIE, PRACTICE & PERFORMANCE

POSTURE AND BODY - VARIOUS - ON SPECIFIC COMPOSERS

LITERATURE - PERSONAL GROWTH

MOVIES - SERIES

LADIES CORNER

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PERSONAL THOUGHTS

• Oct 17, 2019 My Social Media Slow Down

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VIOLIN PEDAGOGY

• Leopold Auer: Violin playing as I teach it

• Lucien Capet: La technique supérieure de l'archet

• Simon Fischer: Basics 

• Simon Fischer: Practice

• Carl Flesch: L'Arte del Violino Vol.1

• Carl Flesch: L'Arte del Violino Vol.2

• Ivan Galamian: Principles of Violin Playing and Teaching

• Francesco Geminiani: Art of Playing the Violin

• Robert Gerle: The Art of Bowing Practice

• Kató Havas: Il Corso di 12 Lezioni 

• Kató Havas: Un Nuovo Approccio al Violino

• Dominique Hoppenot: Le violon intérieur

• Leopold Mozart: I fondamenti della scuola di violino

• Ruggiero Ricci: Left Hand Technique

• Ruggiero Ricci: On Glissando

• Stanley Ritchie: Before the chinrest

• Louis Spohr: The Violin School

• Giuseppe Tartini: Art of Bowing

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HARMONY & MUSIC THEORY

• Nikolaj Rimskij-Korsakov: Trattato Pratico di Armonia

• Jean-Philippe Rameau: Trattato di Armonia I & II

• Jean-Philippe Rameau: Trattato di Armonia III % IV

• Arnold Schönberg: Trattato di Armonia

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STYLE & INTERPRETATION

• Clive Brown: Classical and Romantic Performing Practice 1750-1900

• David Jacobson: Lost Secrets of Master Musicians

• Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Le discours musical

• Nikolaus Harnoncourt: Le dialogue musical

• Kris Parlmer: Ornamentation According To C.P.E. Bach And J.J. Quantz

• Arnold Schönberg: Style and Idea

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BIOGRAPHIES

• Herman Krebbers/Niels Le Large: MasterClass 

• Yehudi Menhuin: Voyage inachevé

• Nathan Milstein: From Russia to the West

• Riccardo Muti: Prima la musica poi le parole

• Tedi Papavrami: Fugue pour violon seul

• Louis Spohr: Autobiographie

• Eugène Ysaye: Sa vie, son oeuvre, son influence

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MUSIC HISTORY​

• Peter Burkholder/Donald Grout/Claude Palisca: History of Western Music

• Frederick Martens: Violin Master, Interviews With Heifetz, Auer, Kreisler And Others

• Enzo Porta: Il Violino nella Storia

• Yuri Yankelevich/Masha Lankovsky: The Russian Violin School

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PSYCHOLOGY, PRACTICE & PERFORMANCE 

• Madeline Bruser: The Art of Practicing: A Guide to Making Music from the Heart

• Kató Havas: La paura del pubblico. Cause e rimedi

• Gerald Klickstein: The Musician's Way: A Guide to Practice, Performance, and Wellness

• Glenn Wilson: The psychology of performing arts

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POSTURE & BODY

• Elizabeth Langford: Mind and Muscle

• Edoardo Oddone: Anatomia violinistica

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VARIOUS

• Daniel Barenboim: La Musica sveglia il Tempo

• Daniel Barenboim: La Musica è un Tutto

• Daniel Baremboin/Edward Said: Paralleli e Paradossi

• Riccardo Muti: L'infinito fra le note

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ON SPECIFIC COMPOSERS

• Piero Buscaroli: Bach

• Joel Lester: Bach's Works for Solo Violin: Style, Structure, Performance

• Meredith Little/Natalie Jenne: Dance and the Music of J. S. Bach

• Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra: Bach Art Bach and the Art of Improvisation: Volume 1

• Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra: Bach Art Bach and the Art of Improvisation: Volume 2 

• Stanley Ritchie: The Accompaniment in "Unaccompanied" Bach: Interpreting the Sonatas and Partitas for Violin

• Benjamin Shute: Sei Solo: Symbolum?: The Theology of J. S. Bach's Solo Violin Works 

• Helga Thoene: Ciaccona

• Helga Thoene: Sonata in A-moll

• Helga Thoene: Sonata in C-dur

• Ludwig Van Beethoven: Epistolario 1783-1807 (I)

• Ludwig Van Beethoven: Epistolario 1808-1813 (II)

• Ludwig Van Beethoven: Epistolario 1814-1816 (III)

• Ludwig Van Beethoven: Epistolario 1817-1822 (IV)

• Ludwig Van Beethoven: Epistolario 1823-1824 (V)

• Ludwig Van Beethoven: Epistolario 1825-1827 (VI)

• Piero Buscaroli: Beethoven

• William Kinderman: Beethoven: A Political Artist in Revolutionary Times

• Friedrich Kerst: Beethoven, the Man and the Artist, As Revealed in His Own Words

• Romain Rolland: Beethoven

• Franz Wegeler/Ferdinand Ries: Remembering Beethoven

• Robin Stowel: Beethoven, Violin Concerto

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Mozart Violin Concerti: A Facsimile Edition of the Autographs

• Piero Buscaroli: La morte di Mozart

• Georg Nikolaus Nissen: Biografia di Wolfang Amadeus Mozart

• Niccolò Paganini: Epistolario 1810-1831 (1)

• AA.VV.: Niccolò Paganini, Note di una vita sopra le righe

• Vittore Castiglioni: Paganini Biografia

• Giancarlo Conestabile: Vita di Niccolò Paganini da Genova

• G.I.C De Courcy: Niccolò Paganini. a chronology of his life

• Edward Neill: Niccolò Paganini, il cavaliere filarmonico

• Nino Salvaneschi: Paganini, 23 donne e il diavolo

• Fausto Sartorelli: L'uomo Violino

• Riccardo Muti: Verdi, l'italiano. Ovvero, in musica, le nostre radici

• Franz Werfel: Verdi: L'uomo nelle sue lettere

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LITERATURE

• Johann Wolfgang Goethe: Le affinità elettive

• Haruki Murakami: 1Q84 libri 1&2

• Haruki Murakami: 1Q84 libro 3

• Haruki Murakami: L'assasinio del commendatore

• Irene Nemirowky: Il ballo

• Lev Tolstoj: Anna Karenina

• Marguerite Yourcenar: Memorie di Adriano

• Janice Weber: La violinista

• Janice Weber: Hot ticket

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PERSONAL GROWTH

• Andrea Favaretto: Il sistema del successo senza sforzo
• Timothy Gallwey: Il gioco interiore del tennis
• Eugen Herrigel: Lo zen e il tiro con l'arco
• Michael Neill: SuperCoach
• Ken Robinson: The Element
• Robin Sharma: Il Club delle 5 del mattino

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MOVIES

• Anna, 2019, Luc Besson

• Anna Karenina, 2012, Joe Wright

• Hook Capitan Uncino, 1991, Steven Spielberg

• Interstellar, 2014, Christopher Nolan

• Lucy, 2014, Luc Besson

• Mrs. Doubtfire, 1993, Chris Colombus

• Pride & Prejudice, 2005, Joe Wright

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SERIES

• Alias, 2001-06

• House of Cards, 2013-18

• La Casa di Carta, 2017-21

• Sex and the City, 1998-2004

• The Dead Note, 2003-15

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LADIES CORNER

• Christophe Robin Shampooing Hydratant à l'aloe vera

• Christophe Robin Masque Fondant Hydratant à l'aloe vera 

• Christophe Robin Brume Hydratante Instantanée à l'aloe vera Leave-In

• Dr. Barbara Sturm Cleanser

• Dr. Barbara Sturm Enzym Cleanser

• RMS Beauty Un-Cover up Concealer

• RMS Beauty Un-Cover up Cream Foundation

• La Bouche Rouge Paris Tribute Lipstick