Stradivari's genius five violins, one cello, and three centuries of enduring perfection
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New York :
Random House,
c2004.
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Table of Contents:
- 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".
