The violin : a social history of the world's most versatile instrument / David Schoenbaum.
2013
787.209 S365v 2013
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Title
The violin : a social history of the world's most versatile instrument / David Schoenbaum.
Author
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780393084405 (hardcover)
039308440X (hardcover)
039308440X (hardcover)
Published
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]
Language
English
Description
xxvi, 710 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Other Standard Identifiers
40021728593
Call Number
787.209 S365v 2013
System Control No.
(OCoLC)783162545
(OCoLC)783162545
(OCoLC)783162545
Summary
The life, times, and travels of a remarkable instrument and the people who have made, sold, played, and cherished it.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Making it. A star is born ; The golden age ; Over the hills and far away ; The road not taken ; Back to the future ; Last but not least
Selling it . Paying the price ; The French connection ; The Ritz of violin shops ; From modern to postmodern ; "Fiddle, n. A swindle. orig. U.S." ; Violin cases
Playing it. Learning how ; Players in general ; Players in particular ; Founding fathers ; How to get to Carnegie Hall ; Race, class, and gender ; Business and politics
Imagining it. Still pictures worth a thousand words ; Poetry ; Prose ; Moving pictures worth a thousand words.
Selling it . Paying the price ; The French connection ; The Ritz of violin shops ; From modern to postmodern ; "Fiddle, n. A swindle. orig. U.S." ; Violin cases
Playing it. Learning how ; Players in general ; Players in particular ; Founding fathers ; How to get to Carnegie Hall ; Race, class, and gender ; Business and politics
Imagining it. Still pictures worth a thousand words ; Poetry ; Prose ; Moving pictures worth a thousand words.
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