2012, ISBN: 9780393084405

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Japan Music Publishing Co.. Good. / No.178 (Kleine Partitur) / / 17.8 x 12.6 x 0.4 cm, Japan Music Publishing Co., 2.5, NYC: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1962 Cover: Portrait of… Mehr…

Japan Music Publishing Co.. Good. / No.178 (Kleine Partitur) / / 17.8 x 12.6 x 0.4 cm, Japan Music Publishing Co., 2.5, NYC: American Heritage Publishing Co., 1962 Cover: Portrait of St. Jerome. Articles include: Calder in Campagne, his summer home in France; Brighton Pavilion - An Oriental Palace for an English King; An examination of the causes of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648); String Quartets - The Music of Friends; Georges Rouault's religious paintings; Sotheby's - Whatever mankind has valued comes sooner or later to London's legendary dealers in the fine arts; The new United Church of Rowayton, Conn.; Books that have managed to survive the ravages of history; The Royal Gold of Marlik Tepe. Cloth covers are edgeworn., American Heritage Publishing Co., 1962, 3, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1962. 1st Edition thus . Soft cover. Very Good+. Cover by Isadore Seltzer. 3986 shelf. Trade paperback, pictorial pale yellow covers. Tiniest stain upper fore-edge. No names, clean text. Preface: Isaac Stern., Simon and Schuster, 1962, 3, Japanese sheet music publisher. New. No.75 1 (Kleine Partitur) / / 20.8 x 14.4 x 0.6 cm, Japanese sheet music publisher, 6, Japanese sheet music publisher. New. No.277 2 (Kleine Partitur) / / 20.8 x 14.6 x 0.6 cm, Japanese sheet music publisher, 6, Japanese sheet music publisher. Good. / No.124 (Kleine Partitur) / / 18 x 12.7 x 0.5 cm, Japanese sheet music publisher, 2.5, Japanese sheet music publisher. New. NO.265 (Kleine Partitur) / / 21 x 14.6 x 0.6 cm, Japanese sheet music publisher, 6, Japan Music Publishing Co.. Good. / No.285 / (Kleine Partitur) / / 20.8 x 14.6 x 0.4 cm / 0.16 kg, Japan Music Publishing Co., 2.5, London : Victor Gollancz Limited, 1963. Hardcover. Good. Original gilt letterd hardcover, sheet music.; No dust jacket, spine sunned., London : Victor Gollancz Limited, 1963, 2.5, W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good. 6.6 x 1.9 x 9.6 inches. Hardcover. 2012. 736 pages. <br>The life, times, and travels of a remarkable instr ument and the people who have made, sold, played, and cherished i t. A 16-ounce package of polished wood, strings, and air, the vi olin is perhaps the most affordable, portable, and adaptable inst rument ever created. As congenial to reels, ragas, Delta blues, a nd indie rock as it is to solo Bach and late Beethoven, it has be en played standing or sitting, alone or in groups, in bars, churc hes, concert halls, lumber camps, even concentration camps, by pr os and amateurs, adults and children, men and women, at virtually any latitude on any continent. Despite dogged attempts by musi cologists worldwide to find its source, the violin's origins rema in maddeningly elusive. The instrument surfaced from nowhere in p articular, in a world that Columbus had only recently left behind and Shakespeare had yet to put on paper. By the end of the violi n's first century, people were just discovering its possibilities . But it was already the instrument of choice for some of the gre atest music ever composed by the end of its second. By the dawn o f its fifth, it was established on five continents as an icon of globalization, modernization, and social mobility, an A-list trop hy, and a potential capital gain. In The Violin, David Schoenbau m has combined the stories of its makers, dealers, and players in to a global history of the past five centuries. From the earliest days, when violin makers acquired their craft from box makers, t o Stradivari and the Golden Age of Cremona; Vuillaume and the Hil ls, who turned it into a global collectible; and incomparable per formers from Paganini and Joachim to Heifetz and Oistrakh, Schoen baum lays out the business, politics, and art of the world's most versatile instrument. 16 pages of illustrations Editorial Revi ews From Booklist Schoenbaum's immense collection of factoids ma y perhaps annoy as well as entrance, and for the same reason: it' s a trivia trove. Its four big books are chock-full of stories ab out persons who built violins (Making It), traded in them (Sellin g It), played them (Playing It), and represented them in pictoria l art, literature, and movies (Imagining It). Each book proceeds chronologically from the sixteenth century, in which the violin c ame from nowhere to near-completely supplant other bowed string i nstruments within two human generations, to the present and such hot phenomena as the all-female Bond quartet, who posed in the al together behind a couple of their music makers (not including the cello). Schoenbaum lightly touches on the economic and social de velopments that enabled the making, selling, playing, and imagini ng but concentrates on biographical tidbits about the likes of--t o note only the most glittering names--Stradivari, Paganini, Krei sler, Heifetz, and Oistrakh--and, at the end, descriptions of pic tures, novels, and movies. For violin music, technology, and tech nique, look elsewhere while enjoying the gossipy pleasure Schoenb aum affords. --Ray Olson Review [A] terrific read?one of those r are epical surveys that can be read in a single long stretch or p icked up and savored, chapter by chapter. ...Schoenbaum deftly me lds history, criticism, legend and occasional snatches of good go ssip into a book that will be necessary reading for anybody who p lays the violin, and it ought to appeal to anybody simply in sear ch of some engrossing and exhaustive nonfiction. ? Tim Page, Wash ington Post David Schoenbaum's witty, exhaustively researched, a nd fascinating history of the violin, born of the same passion th at has inspired luthiers, collectors, players, and composers for centuries, is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the societal implications of craftsmanship, artistry, and great music . ? Eugene Drucker, member of the Emerson String Quartet and auth or of The Savior An incomparable compendium of everything you co uld ever and should ever want to know about the world's best-love d musical instrument. ? Jason Price, director of Tarisio Fine Ins truments and Bows Schoenbaum's splendidly detailed social histor y follows a giddy parade of humans as they buy, sell, play, colle ct, build, copy, steal, reinvent, love, and try to understand the most coveted of all musical instruments. ? Joseph Curtin, violin maker and MacArthur Fellow About the Author David Schoenbaum is the author of seven books, including Hitler's Social Revolution, The United States and the State of Israel, and The Violin. Former ly a professor of history at the University of Iowa, he has also written for the New York Times, Washington Post, and Economist. A lifelong amateur violinist, he lives in Rockville, Maryland. ., W. W. Norton & Company, 2012, 3<

2012, ISBN: 9780393084405

Japan Music Publishing Co.. Good. / No.285 / (Kleine Partitur) / / 20.8 x 14.6 x 0.4 cm / 0.16 kg, Japan Music Publishing Co., 2.5, New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. Hardcover. Good… Mehr…

Japan Music Publishing Co.. Good. / No.285 / (Kleine Partitur) / / 20.8 x 14.6 x 0.4 cm / 0.16 kg, Japan Music Publishing Co., 2.5, New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1986. Hardcover. Good. Original gilt lettered half cloth, dust jacket, sheet music.; Name, date and small dedication on half title., New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1986, 2.5, London : Victor Gollancz Limited, 1963. Hardcover. Good. Original gilt letterd hardcover, sheet music.; No dust jacket, spine sunned., London : Victor Gollancz Limited, 1963, 2.5, W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good. 6.6 x 1.9 x 9.6 inches. Hardcover. 2012. 736 pages. <br>The life, times, and travels of a remarkable instr ument and the people who have made, sold, played, and cherished i t. A 16-ounce package of polished wood, strings, and air, the vi olin is perhaps the most affordable, portable, and adaptable inst rument ever created. As congenial to reels, ragas, Delta blues, a nd indie rock as it is to solo Bach and late Beethoven, it has be en played standing or sitting, alone or in groups, in bars, churc hes, concert halls, lumber camps, even concentration camps, by pr os and amateurs, adults and children, men and women, at virtually any latitude on any continent. Despite dogged attempts by musi cologists worldwide to find its source, the violin's origins rema in maddeningly elusive. The instrument surfaced from nowhere in p articular, in a world that Columbus had only recently left behind and Shakespeare had yet to put on paper. By the end of the violi n's first century, people were just discovering its possibilities . But it was already the instrument of choice for some of the gre atest music ever composed by the end of its second. By the dawn o f its fifth, it was established on five continents as an icon of globalization, modernization, and social mobility, an A-list trop hy, and a potential capital gain. In The Violin, David Schoenbau m has combined the stories of its makers, dealers, and players in to a global history of the past five centuries. From the earliest days, when violin makers acquired their craft from box makers, t o Stradivari and the Golden Age of Cremona; Vuillaume and the Hil ls, who turned it into a global collectible; and incomparable per formers from Paganini and Joachim to Heifetz and Oistrakh, Schoen baum lays out the business, politics, and art of the world's most versatile instrument. 16 pages of illustrations Editorial Revi ews From Booklist Schoenbaum's immense collection of factoids ma y perhaps annoy as well as entrance, and for the same reason: it' s a trivia trove. Its four big books are chock-full of stories ab out persons who built violins (Making It), traded in them (Sellin g It), played them (Playing It), and represented them in pictoria l art, literature, and movies (Imagining It). Each book proceeds chronologically from the sixteenth century, in which the violin c ame from nowhere to near-completely supplant other bowed string i nstruments within two human generations, to the present and such hot phenomena as the all-female Bond quartet, who posed in the al together behind a couple of their music makers (not including the cello). Schoenbaum lightly touches on the economic and social de velopments that enabled the making, selling, playing, and imagini ng but concentrates on biographical tidbits about the likes of--t o note only the most glittering names--Stradivari, Paganini, Krei sler, Heifetz, and Oistrakh--and, at the end, descriptions of pic tures, novels, and movies. For violin music, technology, and tech nique, look elsewhere while enjoying the gossipy pleasure Schoenb aum affords. --Ray Olson Review [A] terrific read?one of those r are epical surveys that can be read in a single long stretch or p icked up and savored, chapter by chapter. ...Schoenbaum deftly me lds history, criticism, legend and occasional snatches of good go ssip into a book that will be necessary reading for anybody who p lays the violin, and it ought to appeal to anybody simply in sear ch of some engrossing and exhaustive nonfiction. ? Tim Page, Wash ington Post David Schoenbaum's witty, exhaustively researched, a nd fascinating history of the violin, born of the same passion th at has inspired luthiers, collectors, players, and composers for centuries, is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the societal implications of craftsmanship, artistry, and great music . ? Eugene Drucker, member of the Emerson String Quartet and auth or of The Savior An incomparable compendium of everything you co uld ever and should ever want to know about the world's best-love d musical instrument. ? Jason Price, director of Tarisio Fine Ins truments and Bows Schoenbaum's splendidly detailed social histor y follows a giddy parade of humans as they buy, sell, play, colle ct, build, copy, steal, reinvent, love, and try to understand the most coveted of all musical instruments. ? Joseph Curtin, violin maker and MacArthur Fellow About the Author David Schoenbaum is the author of seven books, including Hitler's Social Revolution, The United States and the State of Israel, and The Violin. Former ly a professor of history at the University of Iowa, he has also written for the New York Times, Washington Post, and Economist. A lifelong amateur violinist, he lives in Rockville, Maryland. ., W. W. Norton & Company, 2012, 3<

2012, ISBN: 9780393084405

W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good. 6.6 x 1.9 x 9.6 inches. Hardcover. 2012. 736 pages. <br>The life, times, and travels of a remarkable instr ument and the people who have made,… Mehr…

W. W. Norton & Company. Very Good. 6.6 x 1.9 x 9.6 inches. Hardcover. 2012. 736 pages. <br>The life, times, and travels of a remarkable instr ument and the people who have made, sold, played, and cherished i t. A 16-ounce package of polished wood, strings, and air, the vi olin is perhaps the most affordable, portable, and adaptable inst rument ever created. As congenial to reels, ragas, Delta blues, a nd indie rock as it is to solo Bach and late Beethoven, it has be en played standing or sitting, alone or in groups, in bars, churc hes, concert halls, lumber camps, even concentration camps, by pr os and amateurs, adults and children, men and women, at virtually any latitude on any continent. Despite dogged attempts by musi cologists worldwide to find its source, the violin's origins rema in maddeningly elusive. The instrument surfaced from nowhere in p articular, in a world that Columbus had only recently left behind and Shakespeare had yet to put on paper. By the end of the violi n's first century, people were just discovering its possibilities . But it was already the instrument of choice for some of the gre atest music ever composed by the end of its second. By the dawn o f its fifth, it was established on five continents as an icon of globalization, modernization, and social mobility, an A-list trop hy, and a potential capital gain. In The Violin, David Schoenbau m has combined the stories of its makers, dealers, and players in to a global history of the past five centuries. From the earliest days, when violin makers acquired their craft from box makers, t o Stradivari and the Golden Age of Cremona; Vuillaume and the Hil ls, who turned it into a global collectible; and incomparable per formers from Paganini and Joachim to Heifetz and Oistrakh, Schoen baum lays out the business, politics, and art of the world's most versatile instrument. 16 pages of illustrations Editorial Revi ews From Booklist Schoenbaum's immense collection of factoids ma y perhaps annoy as well as entrance, and for the same reason: it' s a trivia trove. Its four big books are chock-full of stories ab out persons who built violins (Making It), traded in them (Sellin g It), played them (Playing It), and represented them in pictoria l art, literature, and movies (Imagining It). Each book proceeds chronologically from the sixteenth century, in which the violin c ame from nowhere to near-completely supplant other bowed string i nstruments within two human generations, to the present and such hot phenomena as the all-female Bond quartet, who posed in the al together behind a couple of their music makers (not including the cello). Schoenbaum lightly touches on the economic and social de velopments that enabled the making, selling, playing, and imagini ng but concentrates on biographical tidbits about the likes of--t o note only the most glittering names--Stradivari, Paganini, Krei sler, Heifetz, and Oistrakh--and, at the end, descriptions of pic tures, novels, and movies. For violin music, technology, and tech nique, look elsewhere while enjoying the gossipy pleasure Schoenb aum affords. --Ray Olson Review [A] terrific read?one of those r are epical surveys that can be read in a single long stretch or p icked up and savored, chapter by chapter. ...Schoenbaum deftly me lds history, criticism, legend and occasional snatches of good go ssip into a book that will be necessary reading for anybody who p lays the violin, and it ought to appeal to anybody simply in sear ch of some engrossing and exhaustive nonfiction. ? Tim Page, Wash ington Post David Schoenbaum's witty, exhaustively researched, a nd fascinating history of the violin, born of the same passion th at has inspired luthiers, collectors, players, and composers for centuries, is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the societal implications of craftsmanship, artistry, and great music . ? Eugene Drucker, member of the Emerson String Quartet and auth or of The Savior An incomparable compendium of everything you co uld ever and should ever want to know about the world's best-love d musical instrument. ? Jason Price, director of Tarisio Fine Ins truments and Bows Schoenbaum's splendidly detailed social histor y follows a giddy parade of humans as they buy, sell, play, colle ct, build, copy, steal, reinvent, love, and try to understand the most coveted of all musical instruments. ? Joseph Curtin, violin maker and MacArthur Fellow About the Author David Schoenbaum is the author of seven books, including Hitler's Social Revolution, The United States and the State of Israel, and The Violin. Former ly a professor of history at the University of Iowa, he has also written for the New York Times, Washington Post, and Economist. A lifelong amateur violinist, he lives in Rockville, Maryland. ., W. W. Norton & Company, 2012, 3<