Articles By Nathan Weiss

Published 7 Months Ago
Pablo Picasso and the Violin
The crossover between visual and performing arts is not uncommon. But in his championing of Cubism, Picasso found his inspiration to paint in violins.

Published 7 Months Ago
The Violins of Ruggiero Ricci
Over a long career that left a legacy of recordings and accomplished students, Ricci always had an eye (and ear) for fine violins, both old and new.

Published 7 Months Ago
Three Female Bowmakers Break Through the Pernambuco Ceiling
All aspects of orchestral music making – performers, conductors, composers, and instrument makers – have resisted women’s involvement. Until the 20th century.

Published 7 Months Ago
Need a Strad? Borrow One Here.
Patronage of artists has always been essential. But different ways that high priced instruments find young prodigies ensure those strings get bowed.

Published 7 Months Ago
Albert Einstein and the Violin
While scribbling difficult formulas about E=mc2 on a chalkboard, it may have been Mozart’s Violin Sonata in C that coursed through his considerable brain.

Published 7 Months Ago
German Violinmaking: The Klotz Family
Austria’s von Trapps might have a movie made about them, but the musical contributions of the Klotz luthiers are celebrated with a statue and a school.

Published 10 Months Ago
The Interesting History of the Pochette
A scaled down version of the violin, the pochette was devised for traveling and impromptu performances. And, it helped Scots become Englishmen.

Published 10 Months Ago
The Gagliano Family of Violinmakers
The violins of Cremona and Venice might have the most storied histories, but the Neopolitan Gagliano family instruments have stood the test of time as well.

Published 11 Months Ago
The Füssen School of Violin Making
While the Museum of Füssen commemorates its luthier-populated past, much of the violinmaking influence of this Bavarian town ultimately went elsewhere.

Published 11 Months Ago
The Stradivarius Instruments of The Met Museum
New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has several Strads that are played occasionally. But should rare instruments be mostly seen and rarely heard?

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