Violin DreamsViolin Dreams
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Current format, Book, 2008, PapCom re, No Longer Available. Offered in 0 more formats?A rapturous, witty, and passionate memoir ... Violin Dreams is not only the story of a man becoming an artist, it’s a history of twentieth-century music.” ? John Guare, Tony Award?winning playwright
Arnold Steinhardt, for more than forty years an international soloist and the first violinist of the Guarneri String Quartet, brings warmth, wit, and fascinating insider details to the story of his lifelong obsession with the violin, that most seductive and stunningly beautiful instrument. His story is rich with vivid scenes: the terror inflicted by his early violin teachers, the sensual pleasure involved in the pursuit of the perfect violin, the charged atmosphere of high-level competitions. Steinhardt describes Bach’s Chaconne as the holy grail for the solo violin, and he illuminates, from the perspective of an ardent owner of a great Storioni violin, the history and mysteries of the renowned Italian violinmakers.
Violin Dreams includes a remarkable CD recording of Steinhardt performing Bach’s Partita in D Minor as a young violinist forty years ago and playing the same piece especially for this book. A conversation between the author and Alan Alda on the differences between the two performances is included in the liner notes.
The first violinist for the acclaimed Guarneri String Quartet recalls his lifelong obsession with the violin, from the perspective of his own forty-year musical career, discussing his quest for the perfect violin, the history of the renowned Italian violin makers, his musical pilgrimage into his family's past, and great music written for the violin. Reprint.
Recalls the author's obsession with the violin, from the perspective of his own musical career, discussing his quest for the perfect violin, the history of the Italian violin makers, and his pilgrimage into his family's past.
Arnold Steinhardt, for more than forty years an international soloist and the first violinist of the Guarneri String Quartet, brings warmth, wit, and fascinating insider details to the story of his lifelong obsession with the violin, that most seductive and stunningly beautiful instrument. His story is rich with vivid scenes: the terror inflicted by his early violin teachers, the sensual pleasure involved in the pursuit of the perfect violin, the charged atmosphere of high-level competitions. Steinhardt describes Bach’s Chaconne as the holy grail for the solo violin, and he illuminates, from the perspective of an ardent owner of a great Storioni violin, the history and mysteries of the renowned Italian violinmakers.
Violin Dreams includes a remarkable CD recording of Steinhardt performing Bach’s Partita in D Minor as a young violinist forty years ago and playing the same piece especially for this book. A conversation between the author and Alan Alda on the differences between the two performances is included in the liner notes.
The first violinist for the acclaimed Guarneri String Quartet recalls his lifelong obsession with the violin, from the perspective of his own forty-year musical career, discussing his quest for the perfect violin, the history of the renowned Italian violin makers, his musical pilgrimage into his family's past, and great music written for the violin. Reprint.
Recalls the author's obsession with the violin, from the perspective of his own musical career, discussing his quest for the perfect violin, the history of the Italian violin makers, and his pilgrimage into his family's past.
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