Masters of Italian craftsmanship. Episode 2, The luthier's music / written, directed and edited by Gabriele Guida.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Guida, Gabriele, director, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.

Beliane, publisher.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stringed instrument makers--Italy--Cremona.

Stringed instrument makers.

Violin--Construction--Italy--Cremona.

Violin.

Genre:

Documentary films.

Short films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (27 minutes)

Other Title:

Luthier's music

Place of Publication:

Paris, France : Beliane, 2022.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

The story of the art of violin making in Cremona, considered the world capital of this traditional craft, which has been listed by UNESCO as an intangible heritage of humanity. Starting from the Cremonese workshops of two young luthiers, with diametrically opposed stories, the story moves to Val di Fiemme where, among the spruce forests, for hundreds of years, resonance wood has been collected and processed. This is the wood that we find in the hands of expert violinmakers, but also on the desks of the Instituto Superiore Stradivari, a high school where, in addition to the bormal cycle of studies, the art of violin making is taught. To play, however a violin needs an external element and so Raffaella, on the other side of the Po, creates the bows. This documentary ends with Sofia enchanting us in the rooms of the Stauffer Institute with Bach's Chaconne, considered the manifesto of violonism.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed April 24, 2025).

OCLC:

1523327148