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The Red Violin (French: Le Violon Rouge) is a 1998 drama film directed by François Girard and starring Samuel L. Jackson, Carlo Cecchi and Sylvia Chang.It spans four centuries and five countries telling the story of a mysterious red-coloured violin and its many owners.
Antonietta is a novel written by American Pulitzer-Prize winning author John Hersey.Published in 1991, the novel traces the history of the titular violin, a fictitious creation of Antonio Stradivari, recounting its usage under multiple owners interspersed with what Hersey describes as "intermezzi", interludes of fact.
1968: A book about Eduard Sõrmus by Estonian musicologist Harri Kõrvits was published 1975: The film "Red Violin" (East Germany-Russia), Victor Lorenz starring as Eduard Sõrmus 1978: Post Office of the USSR – envelope "Estonian revolutionary and musician Eduard Sõrmus 1878–1940", artist Pyotr Bendel; special cancellation dated 9 July ...
Pitcairn performs on the 1720 Red Mendelssohn violin made by Antonio Stradivari, said to have inspired the Academy Award–winning film The Red Violin, and is featured on the 10th Anniversary edition of The Red Violin DVD in a special commentary called “The Auction Block.” [2] [3] Pitcairn was a senior in high school when her grandfather ...
the book "Red & Black" 1919. The Indifference of Juliet (1905) The Second Violin (1906) With Juliet in England (1907) Round the Corner in Gay Street (1908) On Christmas Day in the Morning (1908) A Court of Inquiry (1909) Red Pepper Burns (1910) On Christmas Day in the Evening (1910) Strawberry Acres (1911) Brotherly House (1912) Mrs. Red Pepper ...
The flute part to "The Red Back Book" ca. 1912 [3] "The Red Back Book" earned a Grammy Award for Best Chamber Music Performance of 1973. [4] [5] It spent 54 weeks on Billboard's Top 100 Albums List; 84 weeks on the Top Classical Albums List, including 6 separate appearances at #1; and 12 weeks on the Top Jazz Album List. It was the magazine's ...
The Tom Taylor Stradivarius is an antique violin made by renowned luthier Antonio Stradivari in Cremona, Italy, circa 1732. Its namesake is British art critic Tom Taylor . [ 1 ] Taylor was married to its onetime owner, violinist and composer Laura Wilson Taylor née Barker (1819–1905), who had been presented with the instrument by General ...
Stewart Pollens is an expert on historical musical instruments. His work includes restoration, analysis, and scholarly publication; and it embraces keyboard instruments (the harpsichord and fortepiano) as well as historical stringed instruments such as the violin and cello.