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Cremona violins : a physicist's quest for the secrets of Stradivari / Kameshwar C. Wali.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wali, K. C. (Kameshwar C.)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violin--Construction--Italy--Cremona.
- Violin.
- Music--Acoustics and physics.
- Music.
- Fry, Jack.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (200 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title contains a brief account of the history of the Cremona violins - the rise and fall of the art that dominated over two centuries - and is primarily devoted to the physics behind the violin acoustics, specifically the research of William F. 'Jack' Fry over the past four decades and more.
- Contents:
- Luigi Tarisio and the violins of Cremona
- The rise and fall of the Cremonese art of violin making : Antonio Stradivari (1644c-1737)
- The anatomy of a violin and the mechanism of sound production
- Some historical notes on violin research over centuries
- William F. Fry and his quest for the secrets of Cremona violins
- William F. Fry and his quest for the secrets of Cremona violins (continued)
- Myth & reality of Cremona violins ; Fry's violins
- A convergence of science and art.
- Notes:
- Accompanying DVD-ROM contains video discussion of violin making and a demonstration of a Fry violin.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-153) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612760228
- 9781282760226
- 128276022X
- 9789812791115
- 9812791116
- OCLC:
- 879025029
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