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The violin : a social history of the world's most versatile instrument / David Schoenbaum.

by Schoenbaum, David.

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W.W. Norton & Company, 2013.

Violin -- History.

9780393084405 (hc.)

039308440X (hc.)

xxvi, 710 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. (some colored) ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [607]-675) and index.

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 -- Paying the price -- The French connection -- The Ritz of violin shops -- From modern to postmodern -- "Fiddle, n. A swindle. orig. U.S." -- Violin cases -- Learning how -- Players in general -- Players in particular -- Founding fathers -- How to get to Carnegie Hall -- Race, class, and gender -- Business and politics -- Still pictures worth a thousand words -- Poetry -- Prose -- Moving pictures worth a thousand words -- Coda.

The life, times, and travels of a remarkable instrument and the people who have made, sold, played, and cherished it.

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