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VIOLIN MAKERS. THE RENAISSANCE OF ITALIAN LUTHERIE
£45.00
Sold by: Scrollavezza & Zanrè
The Golden Age of Violin Making in Spain
£485.00
Sold by: Tritó Edicions
An Introduction to the Old Italian Violins (simplified mandarin)
£170.00
Sold by: BEARES PUBLISHING
The book offers an overview of 300 years of violin history. Exploring the historical circumstances in Northern Italy, namely the city of Cremona, where the violin originated, it takes the reader from Andrea Amati's workshop to those of the most famous Cremonese violin makers such as Antonio Stradivari, Guarneri del Gesù and Carlo Bergonzi. From there violin making spread across other Italian and European cities.
Illustrated with more than 600 pictures of instruments, the book is a unique guide to the complex world of violin family instruments; it provides valuable advice on how to choose the best violin, and how to take care of it.
A Life In Music, by György Pauk
£15.00
Sold by: GPPublications
Over the course of more than 50 years, György Pauk became an internationally acclaimed concert violinist, appearing worldwide with the greatest orchestras and conductors, and making countless broadcasts and recordings.
Read the review, The Strad September 2021
FÜSSEN LUTE AND VIOLIN MAKING by Josef Focht, Klaus Martius, Thomas Riedmiller
£60.00
Sold by: Friedrich Hofmeister Musikverlag
A captivating book with excellent reviews set in the Early Modern Era, when lute making in Füssen played a decisive role in influencing the production of stringed instruments in larger parts of Europe. This was possible because town of Füssen settled on one of the most important trading routes across the Alps. The town had access to valuable and unusual wood types on the northern edge of the Alps for which instrument makers gravitated to capture the heart of their sounds.
Read the review, The Strad, July 2019
W.E. Hill & Sons Violin Makers 1880-1936, by John Basford and Tim Toft
£95.00 – £275.00Price range: £95.00 through £275.00
Sold by: Tim Toft Fine Violins
W.E. Hill and Sons was Britain’s most important violin dealership in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century and, during this period, became renowned throughout the world for its expertise in instrument identification and repair. This new book gives a clear photographic and documentary record of instrument making at W.E Hill and Sons, from its inception in the early 1880s to 1936, when the first phase of production ended and the last instrument from that first phase of production was recorded in the original sales ledger.
Read the review, The Strad, May 2020
Luigi Boccherini – Musica Amorosa by Babette Kaiserkern
£40.00
Sold by: Kahn & Averill
The life and works of composer and cellist Luigi Boccherini are explored in this comprehensive new biography. He was highly regarded throughout Europe during his lifetime and the author of around 500 compositions, including symphonies, chamber music and vocal works as well as sonatas and concertos for the cello.
Written by Babette Kaiserkern; Foreword by Steven Isserlis; Translated by Rhona Brose.
Violin & Viola by Yehudi Menuhin and William Primrose
£19.95
Sold by: Kahn & Averill
Monograph of the Antonio Stradivari Cello c.1690 ‘Barjansky’
£790.00 – £1,490.00Price range: £790.00 through £1,490.00
Sold by: Jost Thöne
Probably the most extensive and detailed study of a stringed instrument that has ever been published
Read the review, The Strad July 2021