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The history of violin playing, from its origins to 1761 and its relationship to the violin and violin music [by] David D. Boyden

Part four: The culmination of the early history of violin playing, 1700-1761. Introduction: the 'evolution of progress' theory, a summary view of the violin -- The violin and bow of the early ...
The Atlantic

Antonius Stradivarius and the Violin

IN what I have heretofore written upon the violin, that is, the papers, Seeking a Lost Art, and King Cole and his Band, in the Galaxy, and the article Violin in the American Cyclopædia, I have in the ...
The Boston Globe

‘The violin reflects the maker. It’s like handwriting,’ says Roman Barnas

Originally from Poland, the North Bennet Street School department head of violin making and repair is an expert in the instrument’s craft and history As department head of violin making and repair at ...
PBS

The Red Violin

The intricate history of a beautiful antique violin is traced from its creation in Cremona, Italy, in 1681, where a legendary violin maker (Carlo Cecchi) paints it with the blood of his dead wife ...
journalgazette

February 1955: 95-year-old violin maker dedicates decades to hobby

Mathew M. Symons was interested in violins from a young age, but growing up in Henry County with Quaker parents it wasn't always easy to explore his passion. The first instrument he created – out of a ...