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Lev's violin : an Italian adventure / Helena Attlee.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML800 .A88 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Attlee, Helena, 1958- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Violin--Italy--History.
- Violin.
- Music--Social aspects--Italy--History.
- Music.
- Music--Social aspects.
- History.
- Italy--Social life and customs.
- Italy.
- Manners and customs.
- Italy--History.
- Attlee, Helena, 1958-.
- Attlee, Helena.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- vii, 213 pages : maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : Particular Books, an imprint of Penguin Books, [2021]
- Summary:
- From the moment she hears this violin for the first time, Helena Attlee is captivated. She is told that it is no ordinary violin. It's known as "Lev's Violin" and it is an Italian instrument, named after its former Russian owner. Eager to discover all she can about its ancestry and the stories contained within its delicate wooden body, she sets out for Cremona, birthplace of the Italian violin. This is the beginning of a beguiling journey whose end she could never have anticipated. Making its way from dusty workshops, through Alpine forests, cool Venetian churches, glittering Florentine courts, and far-flung Russian flea markets, Lev's Violin takes us from the heart of Italy to its very furthest reaches. Its story of luthiers and scientists, princes and orphans, musicians, composers, travellers and raconteurs swells to a poignant meditation on the power of objects, stories and music to shape individual lives and to craft entire cultures.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780241402559
- 0241402557
- OCLC:
- 1121138061
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