The living violin / by Barrie Carson Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Barrie Carson, 1951- author.

Contributor:

Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999, instrumentalist.

Tetzlaff, Christian, 1966- instrumentalist.

Weiner, Stanley, instrumentalist.

Lamy, Jean, instrumentalist.

Geoffroy-Dechaume, Antoine, instrumentalist.

Zukerman, Pinchas, 1948- instrumentalist.

Barenboim, Daniel, 1942- instrumentalist.

Suk, Josef, instrumentalist.

Hoelscher, Ulf, 1942- instrumentalist.

Gitlis, Ivry, instrumentalist.

Neriki, Shigeo, instrumentalist.

Zimmermann, Frank Peter, instrumentalist.

Lysy, Alberto, conductor.

Marriner, Neville, conductor.

Dervaux, Pierre, 1917-1992, conductor.

Welser-Möst, Franz, conductor.

Camerata Lysy Gstaad, performer.

Medici String Quartet, performer.

Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, performer.

New Philharmonia Orchestra, performer.

London Philharmonic Orchestra, performer.

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violin--Juvenile literature.

Violin.

Concertos (Violin).

Suites (Violin).

Sonatas (Violin and continuo).

String quartets.

Suites (String orchestra).

Sonatas (Violin and piano).

Violin with orchestra.

Violin and piano music.

Genre:

String quartets.

Violin with orchestra.

Violin and piano music.

Juvenile works.

Sound recordings.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

48 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital, CD audio, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.)

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

New York : Alfred A. Knopf : [Distributed by Random House, 1996].

System Details:

CD digital optical stereo

CD audio file CD audio

Summary:

Describes the violin's history and how it is made and played. Profiles famous performers and includes a CD recording of ten great compositions for the violin.

Contents:

Overture

The violin family

Stringed instruments around the world

Instrumental groups

The history of the violin

How the violin works

How the violin is made

How the violin is played

Vivaldi

J. S. Bach

Tartini

Haydn

Mozart

Beethoven

Schubert

Saint-Saëns

Tchaikovsky

Dvorák

Great players.

On accompanying audio disc: Four seasons: Spring / Vivaldi (Yehudi Menuhin, violin ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad ; Alberto Lysy, conductor) (3:39)

Partita no. 2 in D minor, BMV 1004. Allemande (4:18) ; Courante (2:18) ; Gigue (3:52) / Bach (Christian Tetzlaff, violin)

Sonata in A minor. V: Allegro assai, Varations 1-6 / Tartini (Stanley Weiner, violin ; Jean Lamy, viola da gamba ; Antoine Geoffroy-Dechaume, harpsichord) (4:48)

String quartet in D (The Lark), op. 64, no. 5. Finale / Haydn (Medici String Quartet) (2:06)

Serenade in G (Eine kleine Nachtmusik) K525. Allegro / Mozart (Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Neville Marriner, conductor (5:48)

Violin sonata No. 8 in G, op. 30, no. 3. Allegro vivace / Beethoven (Pinchas Zukerman, violin ; Daniel Barenboim, piano (3:34)

Rondo in A, D438 / Schubert (Josef Suk, violin ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields ; Neville Marriner, conductor (13:49)

Havanaise, op. 83 / Saint-Saëns (Ulf Hoelscher, violin ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Pierre Dervaux, conductor) (9:39)

Mélodie, Op. 42, no. 3 / Tchaikovsky (Ivry Gitlis, violin ; Shigeo Neriki, piano) (3:30)

Violin concerto in A minor, op. 53. Finale : Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo / Dvořák (Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin ; London Philharmonic ; Franz Welser-Möst, conductor) (10:07).

Participant:

Various performers on accompanying audio disc.

Notes:

"This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc."

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Adena Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Contains:

Container of: Vivaldi, Antonio, 1678-1741. Cimento dell'armonia e dell'inventione. N. 1. Allegro (1st movement)

Container of: Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Partita, no. 2. Allemande

Container of: Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Partita, no. 2. Courante.

Container of: Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Sonaten und Partiten, violin, BWV 1001-1006. Partita, no. 2. Gigue.

Container of: Tartini, Giuseppe, 1692-1770. Sonatas, violin, continuo, B. a 8, A minor. Allegro assai. Selections.

Container of: Haydn, Joseph, 1732-1809. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, H. III, 63, D major. Vivace

Container of: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Kleine Nachtmusik. Allegro

Container of: Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Sonatas, violin, piano, no. 8, op. 30, no. 3, G major. Allegro vivace

Container of: Schubert, Franz, 1797-1828. Rondos, violin, string orchestra, D. 438, A major

Container of: Saint-Saëns, Camille, 1835-1921. Habanera, violin, piano, op. 83, E major; arranged

Container of: Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Souvenir d'un lieu cher. Mélodie

Container of: Dvořák, Antonín, 1841-1904. Concertos, violin, orchestra, op. 53, A minor. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo.

ISBN:

0679881778 :

9780679881773

OCLC:

37353641