Notes on Bach and Handel Sonatas

Abstract

Frederick Neumann, a noted American musicologist, first studied politics and economics in Germany where he received his Ph.D. He immigrated to America in 1937 and took music education courses at Columbia University and received the M.A. and Ph.D. from that school. He is an accomplished violinist and has taught at the University of Miami, the Cornish School of Music in Seattle, the University of Richmond, and Yale University. He has conducted extensive research on violin techniques and performing practice in general with particular emphasis on the Baroque period.