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Violin Virtuosos: From Paganini to the 21st Century by Henry Roth
Renowned critic Henry Roth brings his formidable knowledge and enthusiasm to bear on some of the greatest violinists in history. Paganini, Thibaud and Huberman rub shoulders with the likes of Isaac Stern and Itzhak Perlman in his comprehensive survey, which also provides an unusual history of the instrument itself. Paperback. 392pp.
California Classics Books; First Printing edition (March 1997)
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Alberto Bachmann An Encyclopedia Of The Violin Vln (Dover Books on Music)
£14.99ISBN-10: 0486466183
ISBN-13: 978-0486466187
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An Introduction to the Old Italian Violins (simplified mandarin)
£170.00The 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.
Antonio Stradivari, His Life and Work (Dover Books on Music)
£12.95Studies the life and art of the Italian violin craftsman, focusing on the skills and techniques which have made his products renowned throughout the world.
ISBN-10: 0486204251
ISBN-13: 978-0486204253
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Before the Chinrest: A Violinist’s Guide to the Mysteries of Pre-Chinrest Technique and Style (Publications of the Early Music Institute)
ISBN-10: 0253223180
ISBN-13: 978-0253223180
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Cremona: An Account of the Italian Violin-Makers and Their Instruments (Classic Reprint)
ISBN-10: 1332117589
ISBN-13: 978-1332117581
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Four and Twenty Fiddlers: The Violin at the English Court, 1540-1690 (Oxford Monographs on Music)
£51.00ISBN-10: 0198165927
ISBN-13: 978-0198165927
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I Segreti di Sgarabotto
£275.00LIMITED EDITION
‘I Segreti di Sgarabotto’
Edizioni Scrollavezza & Zanrè, edited by Andrea Zanrè
Read the review, The Strad, February 2020
Listening through the lens by Christopher Nupen (with sampler DVD)
£30.00The official autobiography from BAFTA award-winning film maker, Christopher Nupen, director of The Trout – one of the most watched classical music films.
Foreword by Vladimir Ashkenazy
Read the review, The Strad, January 2020
Questionario Renzo Bacchetta del 1936
£125.0059 Italian Luthiers Tell Their Story Through the Answers to the 1936 Renzo Bacchetta Survey, where they started to learn their craft and how they learned it.
Including:
Historical introduction
Complete transcriptions of the surveys
Complete translations of the surveys in English
43 labels conserved in the Fondo Renzo Bacchetta
59 pages of photographic details of the original
documents showing the handwriting
and signature of the maker
Hard cover 238 pages
Published in 2021, presented online with the patronage of the state library of Cremona.
Price excluding VAT where present and import taxes.
Read the review in The Strad, January 2020
Stradivari’s Genius: Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection
ISBN-10: 0375760857
ISBN-13: 978-0375760853
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The Amadeus Book of the Violin: Construction, History, and Music
This encyclopedia of the violin covers the mechanics of its construction through its history and evolution to its literature and performing traditions, with details and anecdotes. From the great violin makers of Cremona to the influence of key composers and virtuosos on the violin’s development, every facet of the subject is exposed.
ISBN-10: 1574670387
ISBN-13: 978-1574670387
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The Fulton Collection: A Guided Tour by David Fulton
£120.001st edition volume featuring large-format linen-bound hardcover, high quality photos and never-before-seen archival material including excerpts from “The Hill Diaries” and “Alfred Hill Notes.”
The History of Violin Playing from its Origins to 1761: And its Relationship to the Violin and Violin Music (Clarendon Paperbacks)
£95.00ISBN-10: 0198161832
ISBN-13: 978-0198161837
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The Russian Violin School: The Legacy Of Yuri Yankelevich
£24.99ISBN-10: 0199917620
ISBN-13: 978-0199917624
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The Violin and Viola: History, Structure, Techniques (Dover Books on Music)
£16.99ISBN-10: 0486428532
ISBN-13: 978-0486428536
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The Violin Explained: Components, Mechanism, and Sound
£62.00ISBN-10: 0198167393
ISBN-13: 978-0198167396
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The Violin Makers of the Guarneri Family, 1626-1762 (Dover Books on Music)
ISBN-10: 0486260615
ISBN-13: 978-0486260617
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Valentin Berlinsky – A Quartet for Life by Maria Matalaev
£19.95The compiled memoirs of Valentin Berlinsky, cellist with the Borodin Quartet for more than six decades.
Foreword by Steven Isserlis
Read the review, The Strad, June 2019
