Reminiscences, insights into great music and musicians, innumerable tips for practicing violinists. Includes 385 musical passages.

A renowned performing artist shares his views and ideas on the violin-piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven. Rather than dissecting the music, the author discus

"A rapturous, witty, and passionate memoir ... Violin Dreams is not only the story of a man becoming an artist, it’s a history of twentieth-century music.”

Carl F. Flesch grew up in Berlin surrounded by some of the most famous musicians of the day. This is his account of the men and women behind the famous names. C