All history articles
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ReviewBook review: The Paganini of the Double Bass: Bottesini in Britain
Stephen Street reviews one of the first works in English on the great 19th-century double bassist Giovanni Bottesini
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ReviewBook review: Jean Sibelius’s Violin Concerto
Robin Stowell reviews a comprehensive guide to one of the most important and popular concertos of the 20th century
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FocusString quartets were likened to refined conversation during the 18th and 19th centuries
Edward Klorman explores the string quartet's varied treatment throughout history
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FocusThe history of the viola joke
Why pick on the poor violist? Martin Boyd searches for the origins of the viola joke