Stripped to its components, the violin is nothing but thin slices of wood, a few pegs, some wire and glue and varnish. Yet few creations of man or woman have inspired such adoration, beauty and revelation as this four-stringed, bowed instrument.
TEL AVIV–In a cluttered basement workshop on King Solomon St. in this Israeli city by the sea, 69-year-old violin maker Amnon Weinstein is busily resurrecting the dead.
Musical canvas: Artists create 'Painted Violins' for Missoula Symphony S tripped to its components, the violin is nothing but thin slices of wood, a few pegs, some wire and glue and varnish.
John Buckingham sat in a barn, a bolero tied round his neck and violins, mandolins, and guitars displayed behind his back. His instruments were for sale, but not quite selling. "It's a hard business," he said. "But the music keeps me coming back."
Funding credits for "You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story," an "American Masters" special that debuts tonight on public television, include "People Like You," the standard public-TV way of saying viewer donations went toward production costs.
For the better part of four months, besides working overtime in a job that supports our family, my husband has been volunteering locally, making phone calls, maintaining responsible political blogs to get the message out, and keeping up on the latest issues of the presidential race.
San Francisco sound artist, instrument builder and composer Walter Kitundu, best known for his phonoharp, which makes the common record player a stringed instrument, was named a MacArthur Fellow on Monday night. Kitundu, 35, is the only Bay Area recipient of
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