Stradivari's genius five violins, one cello, and three centuries of enduring perfection

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Main Author: Faber, Toby, 1965-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Random House, c2004.
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245 1 0 |a Stradivari's genius :  |b five violins, one cello, and three centuries of enduring perfection /  |c Toby Faber. 
260 |a New York :  |b Random House,  |c c2004. 
300 |a xviii, 265 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 22 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-256) and index. 
505 0 |a Five violins and one cello -- "The incomparably better violins of Cremona" -- "He was a genius already" -- "His costume scarcely ever varied" -- "So singular and so beautiful" -- "My violin should realize a large sum" -- "To the virtuosos of violins" -- "The turning-point in the history of virtuosity" -- "I have 80,000 francs on me" -- "Unveiled in all its intact glory" -- "Find his majesty's soloist" -- "An immense reserve of strength" -- "No matter what the price" -- "What can we sell this as?" -- "The sound kept on coming and coming" -- "A run-of-the-mill Strad". 
650 0 |a Bowed stringed instruments. 
650 0 |a Violin. 
650 0 |a Violoncello. 
600 1 0 |a Stradivari, Antonio,  |d d. 1737. 
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