Stradivarius : one cello, five violins and a genius /: one cello, five violins and a genius. (2011)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Stradivarius : one cello, five violins and a genius /: one cello, five violins and a genius. (2011)
- Main Title:
- Stradivarius : one cello, five violins and a genius
- Further Information:
- Note: Toby Faber.
- Other Names:
- Faber, Toby, 1965-
- 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."
- Publisher Details:
- London : Pan
- Publication Date:
- 2011
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (295 pages)
- Subjects:
- 787.21923092
Biography: Historical, Political & Military
Violin makers -- Italy -- Biography
Violin -- History
Bowed stringed instruments
Violin
Cello
Bowed stringed instruments
Cello
Violin
Violin makers
Geigenbau
Italy
Cremona
Biography
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9780330475860
- Related ISBNs:
- 033047586X
- Access Rights:
- Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
- Access Usage:
- Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.
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- Physical Locations:
- British Library HMNTS - ELD.DS.109159
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