The Amadeus Book of the Violin
Subtitle: Construction, History, and Music
Publisher: Amadeus Press
Published: March 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 602
ISBN-13: 9781574670387
Subjects: String instruments; Musical Instruments - General; Musical Instruments; Music/Songbooks; Music; Violin music; Musical Instruments - Strings; Genres & Styles - Classical; History & Criticism - General; Performing Arts / Theater / General; History and criticism; Violin
First sentence: The violin emerged ca. 1500 and continued to develop up to the mid-sixteenth century, acquiring its modern shape in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries during the epoch of the great violin makers-Nicolo Amati, Jacob Stainer, Antonio Stradivari, and Joseph (Giuseppe Giovanni Battista) Guarneri.