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The Violin Museum (Italian: Museo del Violino), formerly the Stradivarius Museum (Italian: Museo Stradivari), is a musical instrument museum located in Cremona.The museum is best known for its collection of stringed instruments that includes violins, violas, cellos, and double basses crafted by renowned luthiers, including Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù.
Two violins and viola is an unusual combination of instruments: it was written to be played by violinists Josef Kruis and Jan Pelikán, with the composer playing viola. Josef Kruis was a chemistry student who rented a room in the same house where the Dvořák family lived; he was taking violin lessons from Jan Pelikán, who was a member of the ...
The pochette tends to be tuned one octave above a violin. [8] The three string variant specifically tends to be tuned the highest. [9] Claudio Monteverdi used the "chirp" sound of the pochette to infer bird song in his aria "Ecco pur ch'a voi ritorno" from the 1607 opera L'Orfeo. [10]
Philip Glass: Echorus for 2 violins and string orchestra (1995, version of the Etude No. 2 for piano) Gustav Holst: Double Concerto for 2 violins and orchestra, Op. 49; Bohuslav Martinů: Duo Concertante (Concerto No. 1) for 2 violins and orchestra, H. 264; Concerto No. 2 in D major for 2 violins and orchestra, H. 329
The Stroh violin or Stroviol is a type of stringed musical instrument that is mechanically amplified by a metal resonator and horn attached to its body. [1] The name Stroviol refers to a violin , but other instruments have been modified with the amplification device, including the viola , cello , double bass , ukulele , mandolin , and guitar .
Cape Breton fiddling is a regional violin style which falls within the Celtic music idiom. The more predominant style in Cape Breton Island's fiddle music was brought to North America by Scottish immigrants during the Highland Clearances. [1]
New Orleans — A scraggly white Terrier named Scrim has captivated the hearts of many in New Orleans hoping to help him back to a safer, easier life in the Big Easy. Scrim, already twice rescued ...
Mark Winthrop Wood is an American electric violinist and the founder of Wood Violins, a company that manufactures his electric violin designs. His music education program, Electrify Your Symphony, has been featured on news programs nationwide. [1] He is also an Emmy-winning composer and the original string master of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra ...