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UNINA9910816047903321 |
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Autore |
Wali K. C (Kameshwar C.) |
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Titolo |
Cremona violins [[electronic resource] ] : a physicist's quest for the secrets of Stradivari / / Kameshwar C. Wali |
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Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-76022-X |
9786612760228 |
981-279-111-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (200 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Violin - Construction - Italy - Cremona |
Music - Acoustics and physics |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Accompanying DVD-ROM contains video discussion of violin making and a demonstration of a Fry violin. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-153) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Luigi Tarisio and the violins of Cremona -- The rise and fall of the Cremonese art of violin making : Antonio Stradivari (1644c-1737) -- The anatomy of a violin and the mechanism of sound production -- Some historical notes on violin research over centuries -- William F. Fry and his quest for the secrets of Cremona violins -- William F. Fry and his quest for the secrets of Cremona violins (continued) -- Myth & reality of Cremona violins ; Fry's violins -- A convergence of science and art. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This title contains a brief account of the history of the Cremona violins - the rise and fall of the art that dominated over two centuries - and is primarily devoted to the physics behind the violin acoustics, specifically the research of William F. 'Jack' Fry over the past four decades and more. |
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