1709 Mendelssohn Stradivari — Lost Music Project: The Nazi-Era Plunder of Music in Europe - Lost Music Project: The Nazi-Era Plunder of Music in Europe

Lost Music Project: The Nazi-Era Plunder of Music in Europe

Random fact I learned yesterday:

The violinmaker Antonio Stradivari produced his instruments during the Little Ice Age. The colder climate may have caused the wood that was used in his violins to be denser than in warmer periods and to contribute to the tone of his instruments.

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I discovered an obscure novel from 1914 about the life of a #stradivarius #violin. Some characters are fictional but quite a few of the musicians in the novel are historical, so I wrote out a timeline for it. https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2025/05/life-story-of-stradivarius-violin.html #bookreview #antiquarian #GermanLiterature #stradivari #Tartini #Paganini #Veracini #Corelli
life story of a stradivarius violin

Düsseldorf's street libraries never fail to provide me with amazing books I never knew of, so this week I discovered, among other things: ...

Ich glaube, das war eine #Sternstunde heute Abend in der #PhilharmonieBerlin ... Die erste 13 jährige Japanerin #Himari debütiert bei den Berliner Philharmonikern und spielt dabei mit der 1717er #Hamma #Stradivari ein Instrument, das fast 30 mal so alt wie sie ist! 🥰
Den Aktienmarkt kann #donaldtrump noch nicht mit Erlassen und Entlassungen zerstören. Dieser spricht eine andere Sprache als die laut tönenden Volksverhetzer diesseits und jenseits des Atlantik. Aber davon kann ja auch #ElonMusk (die #Stradivari unter den Arschgeigen, Zitat aus der Kölner Karnevalssitzung) ein Liedchen singen, bei #Tesla läufts gerade suboptimal. US Index #dowjones seit einem Monat eher fallend, dagegen sehen #dax und #EuroStoxx50 solide aus. 1/2
#Stradivari's golden period was 1700-1725, so yes his greatest works are 300 years old by default https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/07/stradivarius-violin-auction-sale #violin #luthier
Three-hundred-year-old Stradivarius violin sells for $11m in New York

Proceeds from sale of 1714 instrument will be used to fund scholarships for violinists at New England Conservatory

The Guardian

ex "Kurtz" #Violin c1560 Andrea #Amati (Italian)
earliest of the great Cremonese luthiers... credited with defining the violin's elegant form & setting the standard of superb craftsmanship that likewise characterizes the work of his followers, who included 2 of his sons and his grandson Nicolò, as well as Antonio #Stradivari (collections incl several violins by NA & S) but this much older rarer inst beautifully illustrates Renaissance origin of the violin's familiar form

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/503517

Andrea Amati | ex "Kurtz" Violin | Italian (Cremona) | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

🎻 What made Stradivari’s violins extraordinary? 🎶🧪 Discover the chemistry behind his legendary craftsmanship: https://doi.org/10.1002/chemv.201200076

#chemistry #chemistryviews #chemviews #everydaychemistry #Stradivari

Chemical Secrets of the Violin Virtuosi — Part 1 - ChemistryViews

What made Stradivari's violins so special? Klaus Roth looks at the important role of chemistry in Stradivari's workshop and instruments

ChemistryViews