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Mystery lady: investigating female violinists in Georgian England

2021-08-23T14:04:00Z

Upon stumbling across a portrait of an unnamed musician, Kevin MacDonald delved into the lives of several female violinists in the 18th-century, all with fascinating stories
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From the archive: who was the first female violinist?

2014-03-05T00:00:00Z

The Strad marked International Women’s Day 2014 with this gem from the archives, in which our writer of 1894 ponders the name of the first violinist ‘of the fair sex’

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Mystery lady: investigating female violinists in Georgian England

From the archive: who was the first female violinist?