Otakar Ševčík (1852-1934) was a famous Czech concert violinist and violin teacher, who is renowned for being one of the founding fathers of the modern violin technique. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore the wide world of Otakar Ševčík with Stretta Music today!
Otakar Ševčík was born into a humble family of church cantors. His father introduced him to music as a boy, teaching the young Otakar the basics of singing, piano and violin. After graduating from the Prague Conservatoire, he enjoyed a career as a highly sought-after solo violinist, and from 1870 he also worked as a violin professor, teaching at the Mozarteum Graz, the Prague Conservatoire, the Kiev Conservatoire and the Vienna Academy for Music and Performing Arts. In the 1920s, he also taught in the USA, in Ithaca, Chicago and New York.
The Ševčík method brought new, unprecedented and innovative ideas to the world of violin technique, the semitone system for beginners, systematic, step-by-step solutions to technical problems, detailed intonation exercises, analytical studies of concertos, and much more. His method is so versatile, that it can be used for all stringed instruments. Ševčík’s pedagogical work is divided into 26 volumes.
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Sevcik Viola Studies
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 199716
Violinschule mit Doppelgriff-Vorstudien, mit Klavierbegleitung
Sevcik Violin Studies (Technik) (Technique)
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199442
The Original Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 177069
Violinschule für Anfänger, Teil 1
Sevcik Violin Studies (Teaching material, Collection)
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199384
The Original Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199381
Violinschule für Anfänger - Méthode de violon pour les commençants
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199385
Fascicolo II.
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 257447
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 973149
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1006450
Klassik
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1540592
for: Violin, piano
Book
Item no.: 1006026
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 973179
Vol. I: Bowing Technique
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1011294
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 973080