Library
Thank you for visiting the Dounis.org Online Library. Here, you will find an easily accessible list of publications both by Dounis and about Dounis.
If you are aware of a Dounis publication that is available online but not present in this list, please email the work to brendan@bblmusic.com
Dounis Publications
The Artist's Technique of Violin Playing
The Absolute Independence of the Fingers In Violin Playing on a Scientific Basis, Op.15
Advanced Studies for the Development of the Independence of the Fingers
Change of Position Studies, Op.36
The Development of Flexibility in Violin Playing, Op.35
The Dounis Violin Player's Daily Dozen, Op.20
Essential Scale Studies on Scientific Basis for Violin, Op.37
Fundamental Technical Studies, Op.23
Preparatory Studies in Octaves and Tenths on a Scientific Basis, Op.22
Rêve Oriental for Solo Mandolin
As an editor:
24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op.1 (Paganini, Niccolò), edited by D.C. Dounis
6 Solo Sonatas and Partitas for the Violin (J.S. Bach), edited by D.C. Dounis
Arrangements / Transcriptions
Chopin Etude in F minor, Op. 25, No.2 (Violin Part)
Chopin Etude in F minor, Op. 25, No.2 (Piano Accompaniment)
Chopin Military Polonaise in A Major (Violin Part)
Chopin Military Polonaise in A Major (Piano Accompaniment)
Paganini’s Moto Perpetuo (in Fingered Octaves)
Publications with Franz Ondřiček as S. Mittelmann
Mittelstufe des Violinspiels
New Method for Acquiring the Master Technique of Violin Playing on an Anatomical & Physiological Basis (1909)
Leona Flood Publications
Building Up the Technique for Young Violinists
Articles / Papers about Dounis
D.C. Dounis: the Man and the Myth - Albert Green (The Strad, August 1949)
D.C. Dounis: Training the Brain - James Dickenson (The Strad, July, 2020)
Out of the shadows: violin pedagogue D.C. Dounis - Clifford Hall (The Strad, February 2025)
The Mysterious Mr. Dounis - Christoforos Karathanasis
D.C. Dounis: The Man and his Pedagogy - Louis Kievman (VSA Journal, Volume VI, No. 3)
A Great Violin Teacher: Dr. D.C. Dounis - Sybil Eaton (Musical Times, October 1954)
Two Great Violin Teachers: Flesch & Dounis - Sybil Eaton (The Score & IMA Magazine)
Demetrios Constantine Dounis: the philosophy behind the methods - Emily Stewart
D.C. Dounis: A Biography - Brendan Bordick-Lesavage
Dounis Interviews
Interview with Dounis - from String Mastery by Frederick Herman Martens (1923)
Interview with Dounis - from With the Artists by Samuel Applebaum (1955)
Conversation with George Neikrug (Dounis’ Principle Student) - Tim Janof
Books about Dounis
The Dounis Principles of Violin Playing - Valborg Leland
Demetrios Constantine Dounis: His Method in Teaching the Violin - Chris Costantakos
D.C. Dounis’s 10 of the Greatest Secrets of String Playing - Byron Duckwall
Notes From My Studies With D.C. Dounis - George Neikrug
Available for purchase on Amazon and Master the Cello