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The oldest confirmed surviving violin, dated inside, is the "Charles IX" by Andrea Amati, made in Cremona in 1564, but the label is very doubtful. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has an Amati violin that may be even older, possibly dating to 1558 but just like the Charles IX the date is unconfirmed. [22]
This violin, now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, may have been part of a set made for the marriage of Philip II of Spain to Elisabeth of Valois in 1559, which would make it one of the earliest known violins in existence. Andrea Amati (ca. 1505 - 1577, Cremona) was a luthier, from Cremona, Italy.
In Satyajit Ray's short story Bosepukure Khoonkharapi, the fictional detective Feluda deduces that a character was murdered because he owned an Amati violin. In the manga and anime series Gunslinger Girl, Henrietta carries an Amati violin case. It contains a Fabrique Nationale P90 when on a mission, otherwise it contains a real violin.
Roundhay Garden Scene was recorded on Eastman Kodak paper base photographic film using Le Prince's single-lens camera.In the 1930s, the Science Museum in London produced a photographic glass plate copy of 20 surviving frames from the original negative [6] before it was lost.
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A Stradivarius bow, The King Charles IV Violin Bow attributed to the Stradivari Workshop, is currently in the collection of the National Music Museum Object number: 04882, at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion, South Dakota. The Rawlins Gallery violin bow, NMM 4882, is attributed to the workshop of Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, c. 1700 ...
Country Year Silent film Sound recording Colour film Longest film Notes United Kingdom: 1888 Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) [1] [2]: Algy the Piccadilly Johnny (1900) Blackmail (1929 film)
The Red Violin premiered at the Venice Film Festival on September 2, 1998, where it received standing applause. [10] [26] It opened in the Toronto International Film Festival in September 1998. [27] It was also screened in international film festivals in London and Tokyo. [14] Odeon Films gave The Red Violin a wider release in Canada on 13 ...