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. Faber takes us from the salons of Vienna to the concert halls of New York, and from the break-throughs of B…
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A study of the life and work of the legendary violin maker Antonio Stradivari explores the accomplishments of the seventeenth-century Italian whose craftmanship revolutionized the making of the violin, cello, and viola.
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 surv…
Tripp, who plays guitar only for himself, and Lyla, a cellist whose talent has already made her famous but not happy, form an unlikely friendship when they are forced to share a practice room at their high school.
Tripp, who plays guitar only for himself, and Lyla, a cellist whose talent has already made her famous but not happy, form an unlikely friendship when they are forced to share a practice room at their high school.
This innovative study of cellists and cello playing in the long nineteenth century draws on a wide range of evidence: cello tutors, printed music, concert reviews, pictures, early recordings and film, and representations of the cello and cellists in popular fiction and poetry. I…