Stradivari's genius
Subtitle: five violins, one cello, and three centuries of enduring perfection
By: Toby Faber
Edition: 1st U.S. ed
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: Stradivari, Antonio, -- d. 1737; Bowed stringed instruments; Violin; Violoncello
Description: A study of the life and work of the legendary violin maker Antonio Stradivari explores the accomplishments of the seventeenth-century Italian whose craftmanship revolutionized the making of the violin, cello, and viola.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-256) and index
Table of contents: title: Five violins and one cello; title: "The incomparably better violins of Cremona"; title: "He was a genius already"; title: "His costume scarcely ever varied"; title: "So singular and so beautiful"; title: "My violin should realize a large sum"; title: "To the virtuosos of violins"; title: "The turning-point in the history of virtuosity"; title: "I have 80,000 francs on me"; title: "Unveiled in all its intact glory"; title: "Find his majesty's soloist"; title: "An immense reserve of strength"; title: "No matter what the price"; title: "What can we sell this as?"; title: "The sound kept on coming and coming"; title: "A run-of-the-mill Strad"