A Living Legacy.A Living Legacy Lisa B. Robinson Amadeus Press 777 West Bluemound Road, Milwaukee, WI 53213 1574671464 $75.00 1-800-637-2852 www.amdeuspress.com Graced with an informative "Foreword fore·word n. A preface or an introductory note, as for a book, especially by a person other than the author. foreword Noun an introductory statement to a book Noun 1. " by noted violinist and Julliard faculty member Itzhak Perlman Itzhak Perlman (born August 31, 1945) is an Israeli-American violinist, conductor, and pedagogue. He is one of the most distinguished violinists of the late 20th century. Biography , A Living Legacy: Historic Stringed Instruments stringed instrument, any musical instrument whose tone is produced by vibrating strings. Those whose strings are plucked with the finger or a plectrum include the balalaika, banjo, guitar, harp, lute, mandolin, zither, the sitar of India and Pakistan, the koto of At The Julliard School by Lisa B. Robinson (who holds a doctoral degree in music theory from the Yale University Yale University, at New Haven, Conn.; coeducational. Chartered as a collegiate school for men in 1701 largely as a result of the efforts of James Pierpont, it opened at Killingworth (now Clinton) in 1702, moved (1707) to Saybrook (now Old Saybrook), and in 1716 was and who is a senior writer for special projects and proposals at The Julliard School, where she has worked for the last six years) offers a unique and original survey of the historic stringed instrument collection at Julliard. Created through the generosity of musicians who have donated their instruments, the various instruments are occasional put to active use by being loans to the young artists of Julliard for major performances and competitions. Although the collection principally consists of violins, there are also a wealth of violas, cellos, and double basses, which altogether number more than 200, as well as numerous bows. The collection includes instruments created by Antonio Stradivari, Giuseppe Guarneri Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù (August 21, 1698 – October 17, 1744), anglicised to Joseph Guarneri, is the only luthier to rival Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) with regard to the respect and reverence accorded his instruments, and has been called the finest violin maker of del Gesu, Amati, Bergonzi, Cagliano, Guadagnini, and others. Showcasing color photographs and detailed descriptions of 25 representative instruments and three bows of special historical interest, A Living Legacy fully lives up to its title and is a joy to simply page through and admire what is truly a seminal cultural legacy in the field of stringed stringed adj. Music 1. Having strings. Often used in combination: a six-stringed lute. 2. Produced by stringed instruments: stringed chamber music. musical instruments. Any librarian seeking a Memorial Fund gift selection for their library's Music History collection would be well advised to carefully consider acquiring Lisa Robinson's A Living Legacy! |
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