All Gallery articles – Page 12
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GalleryFrom the archive: a violin by Hendrik Jacobs, 1704
This instrument, featured in The Strad, August 1938, was published with the following text: There is a legend that Hendrik Jacobs worked as an apprentice with Nicolò Amati at Cremona – where he was known as Enricus Jacobus – and that before returning to Amsterdam with a quantity of choice ...
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GalleryFrom the archive: a 1755 Guadagnini
This 1755 Guadagnini was featured in the May 1935 issue of The Strad, accompanied by the following text: 'The particular violin which is illustrated in this issue enjoys the distinction of having been chosen by a well-known American violinist in preference to a Stradivari which was offered at the ...
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GalleryThe Ostrovsky technique of hand formation - or tendinitis?
A series of advertisements from The Strad, 1914, shows a system for strengthening the hands that looks more like a torture tool. No less than Efrem Zimbalist recommended it as 'epoch-making': more probably, pain-making.
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GalleryFrom Stradivari's workshop
Stradivari's tools, moulds and templates have been transplanted from the Museo Stradivariano in Cremona and are now on display in the city's new Museo del Violino – alongside instruments from Cremona's most important collections. To navigate through the gallery, click on any picture and use the left and right ...
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GalleryMarsch–Impromptu sheet music could be key to Mittenwald buried treasure
Mittenwald in southern Germany has been playing host to a treasure hunt by Dutch film-maker Leon Giesen, who believes that gold and diamonds hoarded by the Nazis lies buried somewhere in the town. The clues are allegedly to be found in the sheet music of a ‘Marsch–Impromptu’ by Gottfried Federlein, ...
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GalleryA very significant violin
At the European String Teachers Association conference in Oxford, Jean Sibelius's granddaughter Satu Jalas gave a session on her relative's Violin Concerto. She performed some of it on the violin he once owned, and which he played at the time he composed the great work. Jalas explained that the the ...
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GalleryCremona's new violin museum
Cremona's new Museo del Violino has its long-awaited opening on 14 September. Here's a taste of what visitors can see inside. Photos: Mino Biocchi/MDV
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GalleryConcert programmes from the 1950s
Programmes collected by the editor's father in the 1950s shine a light on some of the forgotten heroes of the orchestral scene in London at the time. Did you know any of these players? Did you study with them? Share your memories and thoughts of this great generation of string ...
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GalleryAlbert Spalding: 1888–1953
At the height of his career, Albert Spalding was known – and indeed publicised – as ‘The Greatest American Violinist’. Born on 25 August 1888 – 125 years ago – he eschewed virtuoso histrionics in favour of a refined musical sensibility – an approach that brought him an international touring ...
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GalleryGasparo da Salò bass for Australian Chamber Orchestra
The Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) has been granted the use of a rare Gasparo da Salò double bass. Made in around 1580, it is one of around a dozen surviving basses by the luthier, regarded as one of the founders of the Brescian school of violin making. To navigate through ...
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GalleryDoes 18th-century orchestral drawing depict Mozart?
An anonymous picture of a 24-piece Baroque chamber orchestra has been sold at auction in Brussels. Dating from around 1770, the large-scale pen-and-ink drawing is said to include an early depiction of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. To view the gallery, click on any picture and use the left and right ...
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Vermeer and his viols
From 26 June to 8 September, London's National Gallery is displaying paintings by Johannes Vermeer alongside the works of his fellow 17th-century Dutch artists. To coincide with Vermeer and Music: The Art of Love and Leisure, an article in our July issue analyses the use of musical instruments in several ...
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GalleryStradivari exhibition at the Ashmolean
A landmark stringed instrument exhibition opens today at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, UK. Stradivarius brings together 21 instruments by the Cremonese master, together with a display of his original tools, models and patterns. We went along to a sneak preview yesterday, and here are some photos to whet your ...
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GalleryFemale string players from the past
Images from The Strad archives going back to the 19th century bring back to life some of the forgotten female string players of the past, and prove how appearance has always been important in classical music
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GalleryBehind the scenes at our June issue cover shoot – by The Strad's designer, Elma Aquino
It was a cold and damp April morning when I made my way to a London photography studio for the June cover and poster instrument shoot. Deputy editor Peter Somerford and I met the photographer Benjamin Ealovega and his assistant Robert Le Baron at the studio to shoot cellist Raphael ...
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GalleryHospital CT scan for 'Titanic violin'
A violin thought to have been played during the sinking of the RMS Titanic has undergone a hospital CT scan to determine its age and condition. The research, commissioned by auctioneers Henry Aldridge & Son, showed 'that the original wood was cracked and showed signs of possible restoration', according to ...
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GalleryWorld's largest viola ensemble performs in Porto shopping centre
More than 300 musicians gathered at a shopping centre in Porto, Portugal, on 19 May to break the world record for the largest ever viola ensemble. The number of players giving a ‘flashmob’ performance to shoppers has yet to be confirmed by Guinness World Records, but unofficial figures put the ...
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GalleryName that maker: Michele Deconet
Here are four details of a 1754 Michele Deconet violin, featured in the June 2013 issue of The Strad (out 24 May). Christopher Reuning examines the violin and gives a brief history of Deconet himself in the 'In Focus' section. If you like this, have a look at Great Instruments: ...
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GalleryA viola with a tragic history
Here are some pictures of a beautiful viola with a profoundly sad past. It once belonged to the South African player Cecil Aronowitz and he was playing it when he collapsed with a fatal stroke in 1978. Ariane Todes, editor of The Strad, recently met its current owner, Louise Lansdowne, head of strings ...
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