(Do follow the highlighted hyperlinks for supporting materials and music) The violin is eminently practical and portable. As well as being functional, it shares many of the attributes of figurines, whether religious or toys. Like a doll or a cult-linked fetish object, its allure, both for the user or viewer, are tied in with its […]
Three violas, one musician, one composer, one curator. Peter Sheppard Skærved, with Bradley Strauchen-Scherer and Michael Alec Rose In the Metropolitan Museum’s extraordinary collection of musical instruments are three special stringed instruments, made in three different centuries, three countries and two continents. There their differences might suggest that they are different instruments: but these […]
August 19, 2024