Violin A Social History of the World's Most Versatile Instrument

Name: Violin A Social History of the World's Most Versatile Instrument
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ISBN: 9780393084405

ISBN-10: 039308440X

ISBN-13: 9780393084405

Edition: 2013

Authors: David Schoenbaum

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Nothing matched the violin for universal and varied expression, Jean-Jacques Rousseau declared in 1768. Affordable, portable, and equally adaptable to Bach, Beethoven, jazz, klezmer, reels, ragas, gypsy fiddlers, and indie rock, as David Schoenbaum notes in this original study, it is still unmatched as an icon of globalization.First spotted in the mid-sixteenth century, it had become the instrument of kings and courts by the mid-seventeenth and the instrument of choice for some of the world’s greatest music by the mid-eighteenth. By the late twentieth century, Jewish boys and Asian girls had made it an instrument of social mobility; the Cold War had made it an instrument of soft power; and…

Book details

List price: $39.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/10/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 736
Size: 0.64" wide x 0.94" long x 0.19" tall
Weight: 2.596
Language: English

David Schoenbaum, a professional historian and lifelong amateur violinist, has written for the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Economist, and many other publications. His previous books include Hitler's Social Revolution and The United States and the State of Israel.