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The origin of the violin family is obscure. [1] [2] Some say that the bow was introduced to Europe from the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic world, [3] [4] [5] while others say the bow was not introduced from the Middle East but the other way around, and that the bow may have originated from more frequent contact between Northern and Western Europe.
The violin-like instruments that existed when Amati began his career only had three strings. [10] Amati is credited with creating the first four stringed violin-like instrument. [ 11 ] Laurence Witten also lists Amati and Gasparo' da Salo, as well as Pellegrino de' Micheli , also from Brescia; as well and Ventura di Francesco de' Machetti ...
Often considered the most eminent violin maker of the family, [3] [4] he improved the model adopted by the rest of the Amatis and produced instruments capable of yielding greater power of tone. [5] His pattern was unusually small, but he also made a wider model now known as the "Grand Amati", which have become his most sought-after violins.
An Incomplete History of the Art of the Funerary Violin is a 2006 book by Rohan Kriwaczek, purportedly tracing the lost history of funerary violin. Contrary to its title, the book is a work of fiction; it is not an actual account of history. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Kyoko Yonemoto playing Paganini's Caprice No. 24 on a violin Petrowitsch Bissing was an instructor of vibrato method on the violin [30] and published a book titled Cultivation of the Violin Vibrato Tone. [31] Vibrato is a technique of the left hand and arm in which the pitch of a note varies subtly in a pulsating rhythm. While various parts of ...
Shinichi Suzuki was born on October 17, 1898, in Nagoya, Japan, as one of twelve children.His father, Masakichi Suzuki, was originally a maker of traditional Japanese string instruments but in 1880, he became interested in violins and by Shinichi's birth he had developed the first Japanese violin factory (now Suzuki Violin Co., Ltd.), at that time the largest such factory in the world.
“It’s a nexus of art and history and music and science, and it’s endlessly fascinating,” Indianapolis Violins co-owner Chris Ulbricht says while making a violin from scratch.
Antonietta is a novel written by American Pulitzer-Prize winning author John Hersey.Published in 1991, the novel traces the history of the titular violin, a fictitious creation of Antonio Stradivari, recounting its usage under multiple owners interspersed with what Hersey describes as "intermezzi", interludes of fact.