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"Simone Sacconi is recognized as one of the important contemporary violin makers. His book explains the construction techniques used by Stradivari with clarity and precision. It is considered an indispensable reference for both the professional and novice violin maker." - [3] Eric Blot "Sacconi was described as a "Hero of the art of violinmaking".
The Voice of the Violin (Italian: La voce del violino) is a 1997 novel by Andrea Camilleri, translated into English in 2003 by Stephen Sartarelli. It is the fourth novel of the internationally popular Inspector Montalbano series .
[2] [3] He was the grandson of minor Scottish poet and songwriter, Adam Crawford. [4] Honeyman returned to Britain with his mother and three siblings in 1849. [5] He was a violinist and orchestra leader who, under his real name, published violin instructional books such as How to Play the Violin and The Secrets of Violin Playing. His daughter ...
At age 12, he was the youngest student to receive a gold medal from the Royal Conservatory of Music. [2] In 1992, Cerovsek was the recipient of the Virginia-Parker Prize from the Canada Council for the Arts. [3] In 2006, Cerovsek with Steven Heyman were nominated for a Grammy in the category Best Chamber Music Performance. [4]
The work is scored for solo violin, SATB chorus, and an orchestra comprising two flutes, two oboes (2nd doubling English horn), two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, three trumpets (1st doubling piccolo trumpet), three trombones, tuba, harp, timpani, two percussionists, and strings.
Kriwaczek argues that his book is neither a hoax nor an attempt to mislead. He issued a statement on October 5, 2006, saying that he wanted to "expand the notion of musical composition to encompass the creation of an entire artistic genre, with its necessary accompanying history, mythology, philosophy, social function, etc." [ 7 ]
Josephine Augusta Trott (December 24, 1874 - March 2, 1950) was an American author, composer, and music educator who sometimes wrote under the pseudonym Colin Shepherd. [1] Her violin pedagogy books are still in use today. [2] Trott was born in Wilmington, Illinois, to Dr. Stenson E. and Augusta J. Trott. [3]
Abram Ilich Yampolsky (Russian: Абрам Ильич Ямпольский; 1890–1956) was a Soviet violin teacher who nurtured many Soviet virtuosos during his tenure at the Moscow Conservatory. He graduated in Saint Petersburg in 1913 in the class of Sergej Korguyev, a pupil and assistant of Leopold Auer , and was to be one of the founders ...