Author: Jessie Fothergill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 446

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Author: John Huber
Publisher:
ISBN: 9783941532137
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Author: David Schoenbaum
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393089606
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 753

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The life, times, and travels of a remarkable instrument and the people who have made, sold, played, and cherished it. A 16-ounce package of polished wood, strings, and air, the violin is perhaps the most affordable, portable, and adaptable instrument ever created. As congenial to reels, ragas, Delta blues, and indie rock as it is to solo Bach and late Beethoven, it has been played standing or sitting, alone or in groups, in bars, churches, concert halls, lumber camps, even concentration camps, by pros and amateurs, adults and children, men and women, at virtually any latitude on any continent. Despite dogged attempts by musicologists worldwide to find its source, the violin’s origins remain maddeningly elusive. The instrument surfaced from nowhere in particular, in a world that Columbus had only recently left behind and Shakespeare had yet to put on paper. By the end of the violin’s first century, people were just discovering its possibilities. But it was already the instrument of choice for some of the greatest music ever composed by the end of its second. By the dawn of its fifth, it was established on five continents as an icon of globalization, modernization, and social mobility, an A-list trophy, and a potential capital gain. In The Violin, David Schoenbaum has combined the stories of its makers, dealers, and players into a global history of the past five centuries. From the earliest days, when violin makers acquired their craft from box makers, to Stradivari and the Golden Age of Cremona; Vuillaume and the Hills, who turned it into a global collectible; and incomparable performers from Paganini and Joachim to Heifetz and Oistrakh, Schoenbaum lays out the business, politics, and art of the world’s most versatile instrument.

Author: Yvonne Hume
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781840335514
Category : Musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 96

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Author: Tracy Newman
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1683358481
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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This picture-book biography of violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman will inspire young readers to follow the melody within themselves A 2021 Schneider Family Book Award Young Children Honor Book Before becoming one of the greatest violinists of all time, Itzhak Perlman was simply a boy who loved music. Raised by a poor immigrant family in a tiny Tel Aviv apartment, baby Itzhak was transformed by the sounds from his family’s kitchen radio—graceful classical symphonies, lively klezmer tunes, and soulful cantorial chants. The rich melodies and vibrant rhythms spoke to him like magic, filling his mind with vivid rainbows of color. After begging his parents for an instrument, Itzhak threw his heart and soul into playing the violin. Despite enormous obstacles—including a near-fatal bout of polio that left him crippled for life—Itzhak persevered, honing his extraordinary gift. When he performed on the Ed Sullivan Show sat only 13, audiences around the world were mesmerized by the warmth, joy, and passion in every note. Gorgeously illustrated with extensive back matter, this picture-book biography recounts Itzhak’s childhood journey—from a boy with a dream to an internationally acclaimed violin virtuoso.

Author: Karl Roy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Violin / History
Languages : en
Pages : 765

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Author: Pierre Baillot
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810133016
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 658

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Never before available in English, this classic work is a major contribution to the art and technique of violin playing and an important document in the history of performance practice. A contemporary of Kreutzer and Rode, Pierre Marie Francois de Sales Baillot provides in his treatise many insights into the style of nineteenth-century fingering, bowing, ornamentation, and expressiveness that are not apparent from the directions and markings found in scores of that time. Such information will be invaluable for performers interested in understanding the intentions of composers such as Viotti, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Mendelssohn. This complete, unabridged translation, which includes an extensive introduction by the translator, Louise Goldberg, and a foreword by Zvi Zeitlin, will be indispensable for musicologists, performers, and lovers of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century classical music.

Author: Jessie Fothergill
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 390

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The First Violin is about May Wedderburn, a quiet young woman living in a sleepy English town. One day, she attracts the attention of the handsome and rich local landowner, Sir Peter. Anybody would swoon at this sweet and charming love story.

Author: Christopher Germain
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780692643396
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :

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A comprehensive survey tracing the development and art of violin and bow making in America

Author: Cassia Harvey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781635230048
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 86

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A stress-free, big-note-filled violin method.