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Manuscript Annotations

Page No.	Note
1	Ferdinand David's correction, in red crayon, of misprinted fingering.	View
1	In the Violinschule Spohr indicated that all these notes were to be played with the 2nd finger.	View
1	These turns to the trills do not appear in the Violinschule.	View
1	Probably Paul David's fingering.	View
3	This bowing, originally in pencil and inked over, does not correspond with that in the Spohr Violinschule, which retains the bowing of the original edition here.	View
4	Probably Paul David's.	View
4	The alteration to the bowing (separate bows beginning down-bow), to avoid the up-bow staccato, is probably Paul David's. Ferdinand David was evidently an expert at this stroke, which he frequently included in his editions and his own compositions. Some violinists, as Spohr himself noted in the Violinschule find difficult or impossible to acquire.	View
5	David's correction of a misprint.	View
5	David's correction of a misprint.	View
5	The penciled notes (probably Paul David's) avoids the performance of tenths, which are difficult or impossible for small hands.	View
6	Here and in the majority of places elsewhere the pencil fingering and bowing seems to be Paul David's.	View
6	'Wenig Bogen' (little bow)	View
7	This harmonic marking, apparently in David's ink, is not in the Spohr Violinschule.	View
7	This harmonic marking, apparently in David's ink, is not in the Spohr Violinschule.	View
7	This poussé (up-bow), clearly in David's hand, is not in the Spohr Violinschule.	View
7	This poussé , clearly in David's hand, is present in the Spohr Violinschule.	View
7	'Elbogen herum' (elbow round). The corresponding sign appears just above poussé on the second stave up.	View
8	This 'correction' by Paul David does not correspond with the version in Spohr's Violinschule, which is the same as here. None of the annotations in this movement can be confidently identified as Ferdinand David's.	View
10	'first 1/2 of staccato v[ery] little bow, 2nd half much.	View