Stradivari's Genius Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection

Name: Stradivari's Genius Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection
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ISBN: 9780375760853

ISBN-10: 0375760857

ISBN-13: 9780375760853

Edition: 2006

Authors: Toby Faber

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Antonio Stradivari (1644--1737) was a perfectionist whose single-minded pursuit of excellence changed the world of music. In the course of his long career in the northern Italian city of Cremona, he created more than a thousand stringed instruments; approximately six hundred survive, their quality unequalled by any subsequent violin-maker. In this fascinating book, Toby Faber traces the rich, multilayered stories of six of these peerless creations-five violins and a cello-and the one towering artist who brought them into being. Blending history, biography, meticulous detective work, and an abiding passion for music, Faber takes us from the salons of Vienna to the concert halls of New York,…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/4/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.22" wide x 7.97" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English