Jakob Dont
Études et Caprices for Violin solo op. 35
The Viennese Jakob Dont is considered one of the most important violin pedagogues of the nineteenth century and wrote numerous study pieces that are indispensable classics of the pedagogical literature for the violin to this day. Among them are, foremost, his 24 “Études et Caprices” op. 35, which were written between 1840 and 1849 but issued in their definitive form by Dont in an overhauled anthology from 1880. This very advanced collection of etudes (conservatory level) was rapidly so successful that innumerable new, mostly heavily reworked editions appeared in the twentieth century from violinists such as Carl Flesch, Max Rostal, or Ivan Galamian. Now for the first time, G. Henle Publishers’ Urtext edition restores access to the unadulterated original with Dont’s authentic fingering and bowing suggestions, and in impressive graphic quality with practical fold-out pages. World-class violinist and prominent pedagogue Antje Weithaas acted as a consultant for this edition and carefully supplemented Dont’s original marking.
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About the Composer
Jakob Dont
A violinist and teacher from Austria. His comprehensive teaching method for the violin comprises teaching manuals for beginners, ensemble playing, as well as the demanding Etudes op. 35. His oeuvre as a teacher was highly valued and continued by following generations of renowned violinists such as Carl Flesch and Joseph Joachim.
| 1815 | He is born on 2 March in Vienna, the son of the cellist Josef Valentin Dont. He receives his first music instruction from his father, then studies with Joseph Böhm and Georg Hellmesberger at the Conservatory in Vienna. |
| 1831 | He joins the Burgtheater as a violinist. |
| from 1834 | He is a member of the Viennese Court Orchestra, later its deputy conductor. In his hometown, he performs as a soloist and as a chamber musician. His reserve on the stage leads him to abandon his career as a soloist, instead focusing on his work as a composer and teacher. |
| 1853 | He teaches at the Pädagogisches Institut in Vienna. |
| 1857–58 | Leopold Auer numbers among his students. |
| 1871 | He is appointed as a teacher to the Conservatory in Vienna. |
| 1888 | Dont dies on 17 November in Vienna. |
About the Authors
Dominik Rahmer (Editor)
Dr. Dominik Rahmer, born in 1971 in Mainz, studied musicology, philosophy and maths in Bonn. He did his Magister Artium in 1999 and his doctorate in 2006 with a thesis on the music criticism of Paul Dukas.
From 2001 to 2011 he was employed at Boosey & Hawkes/Bote & Bock in Berlin, where he also worked on the Critical Edition of the Works of Jacques Offenbach (OEK). Since 2011 he has been an editor at G. Henle Publishers in Munich, with a particular focus on French and Russian music and works for wind instruments.
Antje Weithaas (Additional markings and practical comments)
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