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…
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…
"In this book, Mr. Prieto recounts the adventurous life of his beloved "Cello Prieto," tracing its history through each of its previous owners from Stradivari in 1720 to himself. He then describes his noteworthy experiences of playing the Piatti cello, with which he has premiere…
