Word: stradivariuses
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Fiddle Riddle: Police reported that someone took a 1928 replica of a Stradivarius violin, valued at $1,500, from the Adams House dining hall between 6 p.m. and 7:20 p.m. on March 18. "We're still looking for it," Deputy Chief Morse said yesterday...
Particularly in this rare and indestructible Stradivarius; there is no one else alive who can sing like Hunter. The second she steps on a stage, it becomes a time machine, and her audience is transported to an era most people know only from scratchy records, the age of the great blues singers: Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, and, of course, Alberta Hunter. So small and fragile that she looks as if she would be tossed head over heels by the giant hoop earrings she always wears, Hunter never belts out a song. Instead, she unwraps it, slowly and artfully. Her voice...
...sheer beauty. The brasses gleam like the finest gold, with especially choice nuggets among the horns. And there are the woodwinds, blending their highly distinctive sounds together like expert chamber musicians. In concert, the Berlin Philharmonic becomes a single instrument, devised by a craftsman on the order of a Stradivarius, played by a consummate virtuoso...
...soloist. Greenhouse opted for a somewhat less draining ensemble career. When his friends Menahem Pressler and Daniel Guilet approached him in 1955, he agreed to join them for eight to ten concerts. He has been a part of the Beaux Arts Trio ever since. Greenhouse, age 64, plays a Stradivarius cello, 210 years older than himself. Stradivarius only made 60 celli, and today only 15 are in their original state. Greenhouse is quite protective of his, and he always carries it on board airplanes with him. Due to its size, the cello flies first class, while the cellist flies coach...
Greenhouse is quite protective of his Stradivarius, and he always carries it on board airplanes with him. Due to its size, the cello flies first class, while the cellist flies coach...