From Preservation to Auction: remarkably preserved letter from a 17th-century Violin Collector Auctioned
2018-04-01 3:22 pm
It was amazing to see some ancient and significant documents kept and is now up for an auction with enormous value. Just like the letter of a 17th-century Violin Collector Count Cozio di Salabue (1755...
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2018-01-03 11:01 am
The two historical poets, who happen to be friends with each other, now have two violins to remember them in their significant contributions to the history of humankind.
Just like Wilfred Owen, his go...
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2018-01-01 12:01 am
To commemorate the 1914 outbreak of the First World War, Steve Burnet a luthier from Edinburgh created a violin named after Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen was famous for his poetry during wartime. He went...
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2017-12-13 4:03 pm
Antonio Stradivari, the world’s famous luthier, created remarkable violins in the year 1600 in which became the standard pattern for modern day violins. They were also one of the world’s most expe...
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2017-10-29 1:47 pm
Listening to the music produced by a violin is fascinating and soothing to the soul. It has an exciting and unique sound that makes it different from other instruments. It is one of the most significa...
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2017-10-29 9:24 am
The viola instrument is larger than the violin. However, some only considered it as an instrument that would just fill the middle part of the harmony and not for a solo performance. Even the great com...
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2017-10-20 2:59 am
When it comes to selecting the best violin players in the past, we need to draw a line between personal taste and expert evaluation of the violinist’s skill and achievements as well as their contrib...
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2017-10-18 4:29 pm
Before we talk about the great women in the world of the symphony orchestra, we must first understand that before the 20th century, a symphony orchestra is an all-male group. It was according to tradi...
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2017-10-13 10:39 pm
We can think of so many things as we look at the shape of the violin. We can think of a leaf, stone, an insect or a plant. However, the pattern in which the shape of the violin was formed depends on t...
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2017-10-11 11:40 am
We have seen how majestic conductors were as they wave their batons with confidence and authority right in front of a huge orchestra. But have you ever asked yourself who is the first conductor and wh...
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2017-08-18 2:21 am
A German conciliation panel conducted an investigation and found out that the 1706 Guarneri violin was stolen by the Nazis from its owner during the World War II. Right now a music foundation holds th...
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2017-08-12 2:16 pm
For many years, experts and violin enthusiasts wanted to find out how a very old Stradivari violin gets its unique sound. Numerous theories begin to surface. Some would conclude that because the wood ...
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