Cremona violins [[electronic resource] ] : a physicist's quest for the secrets of Stradivari / / Kameshwar C. Wali
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Hackensack, N.J., : World Scientific, c2010 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (200 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 787.2/1945271 |
| Soggetto topico: | Violin - Construction - Italy - Cremona |
| Music - Acoustics and physics | |
| Note generali: | Accompanying DVD-ROM contains video discussion of violin making and a demonstration of a Fry violin. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-153) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Cremona violins |
| ISBN: | 1-282-76022-X |
| 9786612760228 | |
| 981-279-111-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816047903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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