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.
String Solo
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 316331
and Preparatory Scale Studies, Op. 8
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 316330
The Original Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199379
Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199396
Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 199395
The Original Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 135977
The Original Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 168621
The Original Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 302518
Changes of position and preparatory scale studies
Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 199371
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
The Original Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199381
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 973080
Sudien und Übungen
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 942146
Sudien und Übungen
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 940285
Sudien und Übungen
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 940193
String Solo
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 316328
für Violine
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 640780
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681841
Doppelgriff-Vorstudien. Unterrichtswerk für Viola
Sevcik Violin Studies (Technik) (Technique)
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 199915
Studien im Daumenaufsatz - Exercices pour le doigté du pouce
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199408
Sevcik Viola Studies
for: Viola
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199718
Fascicolo I
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 257446
Sevcik Viola Studies
for: Viola
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199717
Sevcik Viola Studies
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 199720
Sevcik Viola Studies
for: Viola
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199719
Sevcik Cello Studies
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199409
Changes of Position
Sevcik Viola Studies
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 199716
Fascicolo II.
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 257447
Klassik
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1540592
Sections III and IV
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681877
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681876
Sevcik Cello Studies
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199411
String Method
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 316497
Sevcik Cello Studies
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199410
Sevcik Cello Studies
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199412
Schule der Bogentechnik.Übungen für das Handgelenk. Unterrichtswerk für Violoncello, Teil 6
Sevcik Cello Studies (Technik) (Technique)
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199414
String Method
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 633516
method
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199413
Sudien und Übungen
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 937988
String Solo
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 316414
with Ševčík Analytical Studies
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 693350
Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 326889
in the first position
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 177558
Sevcik Violin Studies (Teaching material, Collection)
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 199711
in the 2.-6. position
Sevcik Viola Studies
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 177559
Vol. I: Bowing Technique
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1011294
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 249739