The violin is the smallest and highest-pitched of the string instrument family. Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres - they are most prominent in the Western classical ...

The most illustrious of several violin makers in the Bergonzi family was Carlo, born in Cremona, Italy, in 1683 (d. 1747). His training is not documented, but his early instruments show the influence ...

(WATE) — A violin that once belonged to a 12-year-old boy who saw his family murdered is now on ... the darkest chapters of human history. These instruments belonged to Jews in the Holocaust ...

The result promise a further evolution in the instruments of the violin family Modern acoustics is making it possible to account for the exquisite performance of the violins made by the Italian ...

Drago’s family, originally from Russia ... Palchikoff enjoyed giving violin lessons there and playing the instrument he had salvaged from the rubble. Drago said he remembers the way his ...

A violin is the highest pitched string instrument ... in an orchestra and a tuba is the lowest pitched brass instrument. Each family of instruments makes their sound in different ways.

Since the 18th century it has been the middle or alto voice of the violin family, between the violin (which is tuned ... Its role as a supporting instrument began to change, with composers beginning ...