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[1] [2] Amati is credited with making the first instruments of the violin family that are in the form we use today. [3] Several of his instruments survive to the present day, and some of them can still be played. [3] [4] [5] Many of the surviving instruments were among a consignment of 38 instruments delivered to Charles IX of France in 1574. [6]
In 1944, Van Dyke joined the first violin section of the San Francisco Symphony, after having played first violin for a theater in San Francisco. [4] With the Symphony she appeared in a tour of 56 concerts in 57 days in the spring of 1947. She was featured in a cover story in the January 19, 1948, issue of Life magazine.
The origin of the violin family is unclear. [1] [2] Some say that the bow was introduced to Europe from the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic world, [3] [4] [5] while others say the bow was not introduced from the Middle East but the other way around, and that the bow may have originated from more frequent contact between Northern and Western Europe.
The name fiddle is often used regardless of the type of music played on it. The violin was first known in 16th-century Italy, with some further modifications occurring in the 18th and 19th centuries to give the instrument a more powerful sound and projection.
The Art of Violin Playing, Daniel Melsa, Foulsham & Co. Ltd. Biographical Notice of Nicolo Paganini, by F.J. Fétis (c. 1880), Schott & Co. The Book of the Violin, edited by Dominic Gill (1984), Phaidon Press. ISBN 0-7148-2286-8; The Devil's Box-Masters of Southern Fiddling by Charles Wolfe (1997), Country Music Foundation Press. ISBN 0-8265-1324-7
Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky; February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American entertainer who evolved from a modest success playing the violin on the vaudeville circuit to one of the leading entertainers of the twentieth century with a highly popular comedic career in radio, television, and film.
There are a lot of intersections between Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry, and Rebecca Foon. Violinist Neufeld was a core member and now a touring musician with the Grammy-winning Arcade Fire ...
Mudocci first played the violin in public at the age of nine, as Miss Rose Lynton, which was how she was known for the first decade of her career. [4] As a child, she performed both regionally and nationally within England.