Tom Wilder

A Cultural History of the Violin in Nineteenth-Century London

From Instrument to Art

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the violin's evolution as not just instrument but valued objet d'art through the eyes of musicians, collectors, makers, dealers, connoisseurs, journalists, auctioneers and traders.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 621g
• ISBN-13: 9781837652587
• ISBN-10: 1837652589
• Artikelnr.: 71875709

Autorenporträt

TOM WILDER attended the Chicago School of Violin Making and apprenticed as an instrument restorer in Seoul, Los Angeles and Paris. He is founder of Wilder & Davis Luthiers Inc. in Montreal, a past president of the American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers, and holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He was editor of The Conservation, Restoration and Repair of Stringed Instruments and their Bows Volumes I, II, and III (Archetype Publications,2011).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Emerging Canon
of Musical Instruments 2. The Violin at Work 3. The Musical Press: Mirror
and Catalyst 4. Collections: Public Display, Private Gatherings 5. Working
on the Violin 6. Commerce 7. Connoisseurship and Connoisseurs 8. Synthesis:
W. E. Hill & Sons Conclusion Bibliography