The violin was Elgar’s own instrument and his Violin Concerto is almost like a personal confession: it was ‘too emotional’, Elgar admitted, adding that he loved it nonetheless. The Spanish ...

Note: The most famous makers of violins, such as Stradivari, Guarneri, Maggini, Amati, da Salo, and Stainer, had many followers and imitators. Often a disciple placed a facsimile label in a violin to ...

Range A violin can play from the G below middle C, known as G3, up to a high E two octaves above its highest string, known as E7. Each of the four strings is tuned a fifth apart, making up the notes G ...

Listen to how he brings them to life. The icy wind is created by rushing runs of violin notes creating a swirling movement. Leaping violin notes give a sense of people stamping and chattering ...

The violin was once owned by the renowned Hungarian ... “The tone is both sweet and rounded, with a richness that seems to grow with each note,” says the auction house.