内容简介
Renownednineteenth-centurymusicologistFrançois-JosephFétisassembledthisauthoritativesurveywiththeassistanceofnotedviolinmakeranddealerJean-BaptisteVuillaume.FocusingontheworkoftheItalianmasterviolinmakerStradivarius,thisvolumeexplorestheearlyhistoryandconstructionofstringedinstruments.Inaddition,thisvaluableresourceprovidesrare,contemporaryglimpsesoftheworldofPaganini,Schumann,andBerlioz.Areprintofarare1864publication,thisstudyoffersintriguinghistoricalinformationtoviolinists,musichistorians,andmusicloversofallages.AnewIntroductionbyfamedmusicologistStewartPollensprovidesfurtherinsights.
作者简介
François-JosephFétiswasaBelgianmusicologist,composer,critic,andteacher.Oneofthe19thcentury'smostinfluentialcritics,hecompiledtheBiographieuniverselledesmusiciensetbibliographiegénéraledelamusique,anenduringresource.
StewartPollensisamakerof violinsandkeyboardinstrumentswhoservedastheConservatorofMusicalInstrumentsattheMetropolitanMuseumofArt from1976to2006.HeisthefounderofViolinAdvisor,LLC,aconsultingfirmthatadvisespurchasersoffineviolins.