It's a particularly famous Stradivarius, dating from 1714 and once the property of the great violinist Jasha Heifetz. |
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It went missing for 27 years before resurfacing in 1994 when the Stradivarius was brought in for repair and a dealer recognized the instrument. |
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Most professional violinists, even if they are famous and well-paid, can't afford a Guarneri or Stradivarius. |
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He also shares with us that the violin he plays on this CD is a 1727 Stradivarius that once belonged to Rodolphe Kreutzer. |
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It was Pete, a cellist who played in the original baroque style on a handmade replica of a Stradivarius. |
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Jennifer also hit the headlines after it was revealed she played Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto on a Stradivarius in the final of the competition. |
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I've never even been in the same concert hall as a Stradivarius, which is a cool first all by itself. |
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His Wagner tuba was an especially fine instrument, made by the Stradivarius Gadget Works in Birmingham. |
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Being a keen musician, Nagyvary set out to see if the properties of an original Stradivarius could be recreated in a new instrument. |
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I took the dark brown instrument into my hands as carefully as him and stared at the magnificence of the flawless Stradivarius. |
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As I entered the room, Holmes was putting away his Stradivarius into its case. |
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To listen to the Stradivarius Des Rosiers performed by Angèle Dubeau, her latest release, Virtuoso? |
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Stradivarius is the Latin version of his name, which he used to sign each of his instruments. |
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The Stradivarius was sometimes even used as an ashtray by the hopeless kleptomaniac who had stolen it. |
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They rush out and buy the boy a Stradivarius, hire the best teacher, and insist that he practice three hours a day. |
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Possibly the most famous musical instruments of all are the violins produced by the Italian craftsman Antonio Stradivari, better known by the Latinised name, Stradivarius. |
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Thus its name was born. Vuillaume never forgot Tarisio's claims of a Stradivarius violin that had not been altered or even played. |
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A fungus of this type would be ideal for custom manufacturing high-quality wood similar to that used in Stradivarius violins. |
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Does a violin made of wood given biotech treatment by Empa sound better than a Stradivarius? |
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Yet no one has yet succeeded in perfectly reproducing the sound of a Stradivarius or a Guarnarius. |
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The top plate of Stradivarius instruments was uniformly three millimeters thick but slightly graded to the point where the sound post rests. |
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As a starting point, I chose L'Arte del violino, from 1733, the year in which my famous instrument, the Des Rosiers Stradivarius, was made. |
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Today it is estimated that about 650 Stradivarius and 135 Guarnarius instruments have survived the ravages of time. |
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In October 1995, as Morini lay dying in her hospital bed, her priceless Stradivarius was stolen from her apartment, as were scores, letters, and recordings. |
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Many Stradivarius and other older Italian violins are suspected to have been constructed from Norway maple. |
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The well known French Luthier, genius in the art of copying, inventor, industrial forerunner, has seen plenty of Stradivarius instruments in his workshop. |
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But, despite the huge advances in technology over the past four centuries, no-one has managed to equal the sound of a Stradivarius or better the way it's made! |
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Many hypotheses have been put forward to explain the instruments' unique sound: Did Stradivarius, for example, use secret lacquer formulations, primers or mineral compounds? |
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Miss Skride's talent and youth are accompanied by a violin made by Stradivarius in 1725 and which is known by the name Wilhelm, in honour of the famous German violinist August Wilhelm, to whom it belonged for almost 50 years. |
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Incidental Intelligence: The Vincent Bach Corporation, of Mount Vernon, a manufacturer of band instruments, has a line of trombones that it sells under the trade name Stradivarius. |
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Tall and copper-colored, with a Stradivarius curve to her back. |
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By chance I met a violin maker who asked Kremer if he knew where I could find a violin, and he offered me his Stradivarius. |
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