The Roland Collection

Information Resources for the Violin and Violinists
in the Roland Collection Libraries and Archives located in "Violin Land"

"The violinist who does not look to what has gone before..... has no future"  Prof W.A.Shateria

Compiled by Cheniston K Roland
Violin Historian


This is a guide to books, scores, sound recordings, and other information about violinists and violin history available in the "ROLAND COLLECTION". This list will eventually reflect other violin collections throughout the violin world. It is intended that these pages will lead you to information that is not readily available from other sources. The information which is available so far is divided into the following sections:

Table of Contents

  1. Philip Newman
    1. Biography
    2. Bibliography
    3. Discography
    4. Personae in Biography
    5. Chronology
  2. Links
    1. Violin Links and Resources on the Internet
  3. Violin Recordings
    1. Dating 78rmp and LP Violin recordings 1900-1955
    2. Histories, of defunct record companies,Vocalion
  4. Articles
    1. The First Broadcast - of a Violin
    2. "VIOLIN COMPANION" by Gianluca La Villa
    3. Violin Discographies on the Internet
  5. Mini Lectures
    1. Paganini's other Secret

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