The violin is the smallest and highest-pitched of the string instrument family. Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres - they are most prominent in the Western classical ...

The most illustrious of several violin makers in the Bergonzi family was Carlo, born in Cremona, Italy, in 1683 (d. 1747). His training is not documented, but his early instruments show the influence ...

As a rule those instruments which are of the simplest construction, are the most perfect in tone, and at the same time most difficult to play; as examples we may mention the violin family ...

(WATE) — A violin that once belonged to a 12-year-old boy who saw his family murdered is now on ... the darkest chapters of ...

Chabad of Plano hosted "Violins of Hope" Tuesday at the Eisemann Center in Richardson, showcasing Holocaust-era instruments ...

the last great artisan in that family, died in 1684, leaving an opening in the growing market for Cremonese violins. Stradivari’s instruments became so coveted that he received commissions from ...

Since the 18th century it has been the middle or alto voice of the violin family, between the violin (which is tuned ... Its role as a supporting instrument began to change, with composers beginning ...