...and at the Int. Viola Congress in Glasgow, there was a fun, folk dance session with a very good Scottish "fiddler" playing her viola. Highly successful. Why...
Myron Rosenblum
roseviola@...
Jun 1, 2009 1:02 pm
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... Accompaniment? !! What a strange question. I didn't think musical minds worked that way. Think of the satisfaction of playing that middle C in Purcell's...
Hello, Ms. Goodman, Mr. Connell and everyone. Your answers give a little insight, but dodge one of the main issues: nervousness at being in the spotlight. ...
Dear Eric, I ordered "the Reconciliation" from amazon. They only had an LP, so it's a good thing my turntable is working ;-) Thanks for the tip. Ginger...
Thanks to everyone for your replies. I went ahead and rented a viola and am absolutely falling in love with its sound. I have contacted a viola instructor...
Bear, I'd like to actually attempt to answer your question. I don't think it's about getting nervous - you're going to practice the parts that are exposed no...
Does anyone know how many Strad Violas there are in existence? And also, is there a well-known soloist who normally plays on a Strad Viola? Or any link to a...
There are just about 14 violas made by Antonio Stradivari, some of them are "tenore", that is, very large, like the "Viola Medicea" on Florence. It's a very...
Posted by: "Bear Woodson" bearwoodson@... bearwoodson Mon Jun 1, 2009 2:31 pm (PDT) ... Are you suggesting that violinists don't get nervous? This is...
I seem to recall that Joshua Bell played on a Strad "viola" that was originally a viola d'amore and altered to a viola. I don't know what Bell is using now. ...
Myron Rosenblum
roseviola@...
Jun 2, 2009 9:11 pm
57624
Good for you, Laura! Please let us know how things go. Glad to hear you're already addicted. :-) All the best, Mark PartTimeMusician.com "A day job is there...
There are 10 known Strad violas that the violin world agrees upon. There are also a few "possible" candidates. The Strad viola on more recordings I think than...
Eric Chapman
chapmanviolins@...
Jun 2, 2009 9:42 pm
57626
Hallo group, The Royal Palace in Madrid owns a string quartet by Stradivarius - one with embellishments all over the body - and I was lucky to play on the...
As someone who has always struggled with performance anxiety, I will give you an unexpected answer......do not limit your solos to first chair players only....
Hello Bear, No I'm positive nobody is suggesting that you never give the viola soloist/section their moment in the sun. We're just saying that we can find and...
All: CNN published an article about how, in layman's terms, music helps rewire the brain. Yes, I said "helps" - it's considered a good thing. :-) The original...
... Those of us who attended the 1993 Congress in Evanston will remember a demonstration of several (maybe 10 or so) fine Italian violas at the shop of Bein...
... I mentioned these instruments in my earlier post, but I WAS offered a chance to hold the above mentioned Strad when the Tokyo Quartet performed at the...
The Axelrod viola is one of the big questions. Its authenticity became a central issue in the charitable donation debate. Without the authenticity being...
Eric Chapman
chapmanviolins@...
Jun 3, 2009 1:44 am
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Hi, Isn't it interesting that such a number of extremely well known, and some not so well known, great composers were violists, and/or preferred it to other...
Early on in his career Josh Bell played the guitar shaped Strad violin. He now has the Hubermann Strad which was stolen from Hubermann in 1935 during a...
Eric Chapman
chapmanviolins@...
Jun 3, 2009 2:00 am
57636
Dear Christopher, Jimi Hendrix was a violist? Can you tell us more? Ginger ... From: Christopher A. Nicholls <chrisn@...> To: Viola...
... Lawrence McKinney wrote a little book called "People of Note". http://www.mckinneylibrary.org/lmckinney.htm In it, McKinney wrote several poems giving his ...
Hi Ginger, All I have managed to find is this reference: "Jimi Hendrix, rock guitarist, started his musical career at an early age on the viola according to...
One violist not here is the great, late mezzo-soprano Elaine Hunt- Lieberson. She was a trained violist and fee-lanced as such (in Boston I believe) before...
Myron Rosenblum
roseviola@...
Jun 3, 2009 11:56 am
57640
And Ernest Bloch, composer. He was a hit in the 1920s in this country. Bernie Zaslav ******* ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Hello, Mr. Woodson, With your tone and use of capitals, you appear frustrated or angry. No one "dodged" the issue of nervousness - you didn't ask about it. ...
I enjoyed an almost complete recovery from a stroke that paralyzed my left hand by reprogramming my neural pathways to relearn to play the violin and viola....
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