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Misidentified for decades, the instrument of the famous 20th century cellist is still in the ownership of his widow. Tax policy is why it was...Read entire post
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Posted on: 25 Mar 2023 05:39:09 pm
The crossover between visual and performing arts is not uncommon. But in his championing of Cubism, Picasso found his inspiration to paint in...Read entire post
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Posted on: 24 Mar 2023 04:30:14 pm
Three Female Bowmakers Break Through the Pernambuco Ceiling by lastringplayer from the Arts & Entertainment category
All aspects of orchestral music making – performers, conductors, composers, and instrument makers – have resisted women’s...Read entire post
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Posted on: 09 Mar 2023 03:50:54 pm
Patronage of artists has always been essential. But different ways that high priced instruments find young prodigies ensure those strings get...Read entire post
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Posted on: 07 Mar 2023 07:37:17 am
Austria’s von Trapps might have a movie made about them, but the musical contributions of the Klotz luthiers are celebrated with a statue...Read entire post
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Posted on: 27 Jan 2023 05:50:36 am
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
The Concertmasters of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra by lastringplayer from the Arts & Entertainment category
As the first chair of one of the world’s great orchestras, the LA Phil concertmasters often extend their credits by working on great cinematic...Read entire post
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Posted on: 24 Nov 2022 10:11:28 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
Material for Modern Stringed Instrument Bows by lastringplayer from the Arts & Entertainment category
The smaller of the two parts of stringed instruments, the bow, is remarkably complex and made of several parts, historically derived directly...Read entire post
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Posted on: 25 Oct 2022 01:40:39 pm
The History of the Gibson “ex Huberman” Stradivarius Violin by lastringplayer from the Arts & Entertainment category
The violin Joshua Bell can’t let out of his sight has twice, and for many years, been in the hands of thieves. Yet it helped save the lives...Read entire post
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Posted on: 25 Oct 2022 01:37:55 pm
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