The violin : a social history of the world's most versatile instrument / David Schoenbaum.
Schoenbaum, David, author.
2013
ML800 .S326 2012 (Mapit)
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Title The violin : a social history of the world's most versatile instrument / David Schoenbaum.
Author Schoenbaum, David, author.
Edition First edition.
ISBN 9780393084405
039308440X
Published New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, [2013]
Copyright ©2013
Language English
Description xxvi, 710 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colored) ; 25 cm
Call Number ML800 .S326 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 787.209
Summary The life, times, and travels of a remarkable instrument and the people who have made, sold, played, and cherished it.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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Making it. A star is born ; The golden age ; Over the hills and far away ; The road not taken ; Back to the future ; Last but not least
Selling it . Paying the price ; The French connection ; The Ritz of violin shops ; From modern to postmodern ; "Fiddle, n. A swindle. orig. U.S." ; Violin cases
Playing it. Learning how ; Players in general ; Players in particular ; Founding fathers ; How to get to Carnegie Hall ; Race, class, and gender ; Business and politics
Imagining it. Still pictures worth a thousand words ; Poetry ; Prose ; Moving pictures worth a thousand words
Coda.

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