Otakar Ševčík (1852-1934) was a famous Czech concert violinist and violin teacher, who is renowned for being one of the founding fathers of the modern violin technique. Browse our sheet music and scores, and explore the wide world of Otakar Ševčík with Stretta Music today!
Otakar Ševčík was born into a humble family of church cantors. His father introduced him to music as a boy, teaching the young Otakar the basics of singing, piano and violin. After graduating from the Prague Conservatoire, he enjoyed a career as a highly sought-after solo violinist, and from 1870 he also worked as a violin professor, teaching at the Mozarteum Graz, the Prague Conservatoire, the Kiev Conservatoire and the Vienna Academy for Music and Performing Arts. In the 1920s, he also taught in the USA, in Ithaca, Chicago and New York.
The Ševčík method brought new, unprecedented and innovative ideas to the world of violin technique, the semitone system for beginners, systematic, step-by-step solutions to technical problems, detailed intonation exercises, analytical studies of concertos, and much more. His method is so versatile, that it can be used for all stringed instruments. Ševčík’s pedagogical work is divided into 26 volumes.
Sevcik Viola Studies
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 199714
The Original Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 168621
Sevcik Cello Studies
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 199416
Sevcik Viola Studies
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 199720
Heft 1
1. Lage
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 620953
Bosworth Otakar Sevcik Studies Series
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199578
Schule der Bogentechnik.Übungen für das Handgelenk. Unterrichtswerk für Violoncello, Teil 6
Sevcik Cello Studies (Technik) (Technique)
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199414
The Original Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 302518
(Zanettovich)
for: Violin
Sheet music
Item no.: 1587170
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 249175
Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 199441
String Solo
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 316327
Sevcik Cello Studies
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199411
Sudien und Übungen
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 937988
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 249270
Complete Edition (Parts I-IV)
Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 607291
Studien im Daumenaufsatz - Exercices pour le doigté du pouce
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199408
Sevcik Viola Studies
for: Viola
Music score
Item no.: 199721
The Original Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199379
Violinschule für Anfänger - Méthode de violon pour les commençants
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199388
Übungen für den rechten Arm
Heft 1
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 104059
for: Cello
Music score
Item no.: 1534636
for: Violin, piano
Book
Item no.: 1006026
(Zanettovich)
for: Violin
Sheet music
Item no.: 1587171
Klassik
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 1540592
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 681841
Sevcik Cello Studies
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199415
Otakar Sevcik: Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 290436
Heft 2
2.-7. Lage
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 620954
Sevcik Viola Studies
for: Viola
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199717
Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199396
Otakar Sevcik: Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 312055
Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 199395
Exercises for the Wrist II
Book 3
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 104064
The Original Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 135977
Sevcik Cello Studies
for: Cello
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199409
Changes of position and preparatory scale studies
Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 199371
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 973080
String Method
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 633516
Lagenwechsel
Heft 3 (Lehrmaterial) (Teaching material)
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 623439
for the Violin, Viola or Cello
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199730
Sevcik Violin Studies (Teaching material, Collection)
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 199711
Sevcik Viola Studies
for: Viola
Music lesson book
Item no.: 199719
Sudien und Übungen
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 938318
(Zanettovich)
for: Violin
Sheet music
Item no.: 1587172
Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 199390
Sevcik Violin Studies
for: Violin
Music lesson book
Item no.: 326889
and Preparatory Scale Studies, Op. 8
for: Violin
Music score
Item no.: 316330