A Living Legacy
A Living Legacy: Historic Stringed Instruments at the Juilliard School Lisa Robinson,
Publisher: Amadeus Press
ISBN: 1574671464
DDC: 787.190747471
Edition: Hardcover; 2006-07-01
Summary:
Created on the occasion of the Juilliard School's 100th anniversary
in 2005, this book offers an unprecedented look at Juilliard's
historic stringed instrument collection. The collection, assembled
over the course of the last century through generous gifts of
instruments and funds to the school, is vividly represented by
photographic and narrative accounts of 25 instruments (and three
bows) of particular historic interest by such illustrious makers as
Amati, Bergonzi, Guadagnini, Guarneri, Stradivari, and others, as
well as reproductions of historic documents and an annotated list of
other instruments and bows. Among the featured instruments are a
Stradivarius violin that once belonged to a Russian czar and was
later owned by Avery Fisher, a Guarneri del Gesu violin played by a
member of the Viennese quartet that premiered many of Beethoven's and
Schubert's works in that genre, and a Stradivarius cello previously
owned by Hugo Becker, head of the Berlin Hochschule fur Musik. Short
essays sketch the history of Juilliard and its illustrious string
department, and describe the crucial role of the Instrumental Loan
Program, which allows students to borrow instruments for special
performances and competitions as well as for longer-term use. The
book includes a foreword by renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman, a
Juilliard alumnus and holder of the school's Dorothy Richard Starling
Foundation Chair since 1999.
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