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He played the violin part on a Columbia Broadcasting System's performance of l'Histoire du Soldat. He also created fingering for Schoenberg. In 1965 he was a co-founder of the "Early Music Laboratory" (EML) in Los Angeles, investing considerable time in research into historical performance practice, especially the music of the 17th and 18th ...
Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American entertainer who evolved from a modest success playing the violin on the vaudeville circuit to one of the leading entertainers of the twentieth century with a highly popular comedic career in radio, television, and film.
The lowest note available in this position in standard tuning is an open G3; the highest note in first position is played with the fourth finger on the E-string, sounding a B5. Moving the hand up the neck, the first finger takes the place of the second finger, bringing the player into second position.
Thus, in first position, the first finger placed on the E-string gives an F ♯; from this position, the second finger can play a G or a G ♯, the third finger an A, and - as previously mentioned - the fourth a B. Positioning the first finger so when pressed it gives a G (still on the E-string) is called second position, from which position ...
His father, John Primrose, taught violin and was part of the Scottish Orchestra. [3] His father bought Primrose his first violin in 1908, [ 2 ] : 7 when Primrose was only 4 years old. [ 4 ] That same year, his father arranged violin lessons with Camillo Ritter, who had studied with Joseph Joachim and Otakar Ševčík . [ 5 ]
After her finger healed, she became depressed. In 1995, she attempted suicide but the gun failed to fire. [7] In 2003, Salerno-Sonnenberg performed the world premiere of Sérgio Assad's Triple Concerto, a work for violin, two guitars and orchestra with the Assad brothers and the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra in St. Paul, Minnesota. [7]
Dwaram Venkataswamy Naidu (8 November 1893 – 25 November 1964) was an Indian violinist in the Carnatic classical tradition. Known for his refined bowing technique and expressive playing, Naidu was one of the most celebrated violinists of the 20th century in Carnatic music. [1]
[1] [2] Amati is credited with making the first instruments of the violin family that are in the form we use today. [3] Several of his instruments survive to the present day, and some of them can still be played. [3] [4] [5] Many of the surviving instruments were among a consignment of 38 instruments delivered to Charles IX of France in 1574. [6]