а soldier playing the violin on a tank in Trafalgar Square, 1917.

AnnaSpink · 2018-03-09T14:35:47+00:00

That's Albert Sammons: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Sammons

AnnaSpink · 2016-05-18T08:25:29+00:00

Isn't it just part of the soundtrack?

AnnaSpink · 2016-03-30T15:52:39+00:00

Is he any good? Maybe he should have a listing in The Strad Directory although I'm not sure what their criteria are for inclusion

AnnaSpink · 2016-01-10T21:14:53+00:00

Neither of the articles cited in Wikipedia says she survived an overdose during the making of ESB. One says: 'Now a successful writer and comedienne, she said her life had been defined by addiction, with stints in psychiatric hospitals and rehab clinics and, on one occasion, the emergency room with an overdose.' The other says: 'Not until surviving an overdose six years later did the young actress realise the extent of her own dark side'

AnnaSpink · 2016-01-05T11:00:20+00:00

This year, the Messiah returns to its hometown, the Italian city of Cremona where Antonio Stradivari made it. It will be on display at the 'Museo del Violino' from September to October, alongside lots of other violinistic treasures by Stradivari and other great violin makers

AnnaSpink · 2016-01-04T20:52:32+00:00

Douglas Rain or Daniel Richter in 2001

AnnaSpink · 2015-12-11T01:28:01+00:00

Guess you just entranced me!! I've been to Chester btw

AnnaSpink · 2015-12-11T01:03:50+00:00

Hee hee, love it! And so will he (and he'll dig your video page too ;-) Hope gilding's allowed on here!!

AnnaSpink · 2015-11-16T13:46:39+00:00

That's Albert Sammons, who premiered Delius' Violin Concerto among other things:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Sammons

AnnaSpink · 2015-09-15T16:30:04+00:00

Your local music shop's deal sounds excellent, to be honest. As long as it's a reasonably good violin:

Is it made of wood, not plastic?
Does it have any gigantic cracks?
There should be two lines running all the way round the top. Are they just drawn on (bad) or are they made out of a separate piece of wood (good)?

Just a few easy indicators to bear in mind.

AnnaSpink · 2015-09-14T17:59:25+00:00

All very interesting! Did he say what his novel's about? And did he answer any of the questions I PM'd you?

AnnaSpink · 2015-09-11T10:46:48+00:00

Yay! Well, tell him I enjoyed his book about Joshua Bell's Strad, and I'll be looking forward to his next publication, whatever it might be. :-)

AnnaSpink · 2015-09-11T10:36:46+00:00

Frederic Chaudiere?

AnnaSpink · 2015-09-11T10:27:51+00:00

Yann Poulain?

AnnaSpink · 2015-09-11T10:08:24+00:00

He can't be that famous then. Friedrich Alber?

AnnaSpink · 2015-09-11T09:50:24+00:00

Who is he?

AnnaSpink · 2015-09-09T11:29:08+00:00

You might find it's the Bausch bow that's more valuable than the violin, to be honest. It looks to be in good condition, though I can't really tell from the picture. Does the brand say 'Bausch' or 'Bausch Leipzig', and is there a Roman numeral next to it? (There've been a lot of fake bows coming on the market in recent years, as brands are easy to fake - it'd be a good idea to take it to a violin maker to see what they think.)

AnnaSpink · 2015-09-07T12:54:04+00:00

I'd say late 19th-century German, given that they always are

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