The British Violin
Author: British Violin Making Association
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 424
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Author: British Violin Making Association
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Published: 2000
Total Pages: 424
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alberto Bachmann
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Published: 1925
Total Pages: 508
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Meredith Morris
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Published: 1920
Total Pages: 392
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: William Meredith Morris
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Published: 1904
Total Pages: 384
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: M. Meredith Morris
Publisher: Pelican Publishing
Published: 2006-04-30
Total Pages: 410
ISBN-13: 9781455601554
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis adaptable instrument's origins date back centuries. Celtic legends amuse us with mystical stories describing the creation of stringed music, but practical history recounts that the modern birth of the violin occurred in Italy as early as the sixteenth century. The skilled craft of hand production was renowned in France as well, but it is the British classic type and its history that W. Meredith Morris writes about in British Violin Makers . This classic, comprehensive reference to violin making, reprinted in 1920, features a biographical dictionary of craftsmen, along with many of their signatures and marks. Twenty-six photographs of selected makers and their instruments help place the contemporary reader in the style of the period. Reverend Morris's second editionimproves upon the first 1904 edition by adding more than 150 names to the list of makers who produced six violins or more. A new foreword by music scholar Benjamin Hebbert explains the important role British violin makers played in the development of the instrument. From Morris's narrative, one gets a feel for the importance of the craftsman and his materials. He explains the various types of wood and varnish used, and how they, along with the arch and contour, work together to produce a specific tone. Speaking with fervor, the way a wine connoisseur does when describing a certain vintage, Morris compares and contrasts the quality of British instruments to that of other nations.
Author: William Meredith Morris
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Published: 1920
Total Pages: 388
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Brian W. Harvey
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 558
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, Harvey explains in detail the history of violin-making in Britain, from one of the earliest extant English instruments made of iron by John Bunyan in about 1647, to the extensive British craft industry of today, including within his book a comprehensive directory of violin-and-bow-makers of the British Isles, with auction prices. The book includes numerous high-quality color and monochrome illustrations, including samples of the work of the major craftesmen involved. The book is also a social and economic history of stringed instruments, showing how in England in particular the violin was slow to win acceptance by association with gypsies and the devil, and how the cello became the instrument favoured by royalty and the aristocracy. The demand for instruments at any particular time is gauged against musical activity in the country.
Author: Charles Beare
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Published: 1993
Total Pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780951939703
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: David Rattray
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Published: 2006
Total Pages: 232
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