“The Fiddler's Nurser” is a classic guide to playing the violin written for beginners an young players. It contains a collection of simple music compositions for violin, presented as clear sheet music perfect for annotations and notes. Each piece has some helpful information including where to place your fingers, how to bow, and more. Contents include: “Eventide”, “Martial Steps”, “Waltz Time”, “An Afternoon Sleep”, “Dance Steps”, “Home Thoughts”, “Free from Care”, “Minuet”, “A Bumpkin's Dance”, “At Dusk”, “At Dawn”, “Afloat”, and more. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of the violin.

Includes music.