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Faber, Toby, 1965-
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Stradivari, Antonio, approximately 1644-1737.
Stradivari stringed instruments.
Stradivarius violin.
Cello.
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Stradivari's genius [electronic resource] : five violins, one cello, and three centuries of enduring perfection / Toby Faber.
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Faber, Toby, 1965-
New York : Random House, c2004.
Subjects
Stradivari, Antonio, approximately 1644-1737.
Stradivari stringed instruments.
Stradivarius violin.
Cello.
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9781588362148 (electronic bk.)
1588362140 (electronic bk.)
Description:
1 online resource (xviii, 265 p.) : ill.
Contents:
Five violins and one cello -- "The incomparably better violins of Cremona" -- "He was a genius already" -- "His costume scarcely ever varied" -- "So singular and so beautiful" -- "My violin should realize a large sum" -- "To the virtuosos of violins" -- "The turning-point in the history of virtuosity" -- "I have 80,000 francs on me" -- "Unveiled in all its intact glory" -- "Find his majesty's soloist" -- "An immense reserve of strength" -- "No matter what the price" -- "What can we sell this as?" -- "The sound kept on coming and coming" -- "A run-of-the-mill Strad".
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A study of the life and work of the legendary violin maker Antonio Stradivari explores the accomplishments of the seventeenth-century Italian whose craftmanship revolutionized the making of the violin, cello, and viola.
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