All blog posts tagged with violin maker
Some of the finest violins, cellos, basses and other stringed instruments are now 100s of years old and of great value. Knowing their history...Read entire post
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Posted on: 08 Mar 2024 10:54:59 am
More than the guitar strings can make us rock. Violinists including John Creach, Richard Sanders, Rostrongstrongy Steinhardt, and David Lindley...Read entire post
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Posted on: 22 Dec 2023 01:04:29 pm
A scaled down version of the violin, the pochette was devised for traveling and impromptu performances. And, it helped Scots become Englishmen.The...Read entire post
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Posted on: 28 Jul 2023 09:12:07 am
The violins of Cremona and Venice might have the most storied histories, but the Neopolitan Gagliano family instruments have stood the test of...Read entire post
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Posted on: 27 Jul 2023 10:40:15 am
Andrea Amati and the King Charles IX Instrument Collection
by lastringplayer
from the Arts & Entertainment category
Catherin de’ Medici brought a love of dance from Italy to the French court. In so doing, she drove the enduring standardization of violins,...Read entire post
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Posted on: 30 May 2023 11:55:20 am
Musical eras and the instruments that created them are on an historical, evolving continuum. But each era, the Renaissance period included, has...Read entire post
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Posted on: 17 Apr 2023 10:13:31 am
Over a long career that left a legacy of recordings and accomplished students, Ricci always had an eye (and ear) for fine violins, both old and...Read entire post
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Posted on: 26 Mar 2023 05:53:26 pm
While scribbling difficult formulas about E=mc2on a chalkboard, it may have been Mozart’s Violin Sonata in C that coursedthrough his considerable...Read entire post
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Posted on: 25 Jan 2023 10:24:26 am
To understand stringed instruments of the European Middle Ages, it helps to understand medieval music itself.The Medieval Era, roughly 500 CE...Read entire post
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Posted on: 23 Nov 2022 12:17:34 pm
The “Swedish fiddle†is not purely a product of this Scandinavian country. But its biggest fans are probably in Stockholm, Gothenburg,...Read entire post
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Posted on: 27 Sep 2022 01:09:05 pm
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