Berkley, Charles Harold 4.apr.1896-19.jul.1965 England Herefordshire, Ledbury - USA NY, New York
violinist, teacher, editor, 1899-1904 studied violin with his father, 1904-1907 with Bernard Carradus in London, 1908-1919 with William Henley in London, 1919-1925 with Franz Kneisel in New York City, 1906-1913 studied composition with George Robertson Sinclair in Hereford, 1921 debuted in New York, 1926 in Vienna and 1927 in London, 1917-1921 taught at the New York Music School Settlement, 1922-1928 the Cleveland Music School Settlement, 1928-1942 the Juilliard School of Music New York, 1929-1942 the Hartford School of Music Connecticut, 1949 maintained his private studios in New York City and Hartford, editor of Violinist's Forum in The Etude magazine, 1936-1950 residence and studio at 315 West 98th Street New York ; son of violinist watchmaker Charles Lucas Berkley (Ledbury 1862-) and Teressa Badcoe (Ledbury 1863-) ; 17.dec.1917 he married pianist Marion Reginald Kahn (New York City 26.jun.1895-)

Title	Parts

[] The modern technique of violin bowing. Violin study. an analysis of the principles of modern bowing and how to apply them to musical interpretation, with many exercises and examples pub G. Schirmer Inc., New York 1941 pub Chappell & Co., London 1941
[] Twelve studies in modern bowing. Violin study pub G. Schirmer Inc., New York 1943
[] Basic violin technique. Violin study pub Theodore Presser, Philadelphia 1945
[] Ten sketches. Violin and piano in the first position by Harold Berkley and Marion Kahn pub C. Fischer, Boston 1950 transposed for viola by T. Burns Westman 1975	[] 1 - Prelude [] 2 - Gavotte [] 3 - Romance [] 4 - Waltz [] 5 - Barn dance [] 6 - Minuet [] 7 - Berceuse [] 8 - Tango [] 9 - Serenade [] 10 - Plantation dance

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