A living legacy : historic stringed instruments at the Juilliard School / author and editor, Lisa B. Robinson ; foreword, Itzhak Perlman.
| Other author | Robinson, Lisa Brooks. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Pompton Plains, NJ : Amadeus Press, 2006. |
| Description | 89 pages : color illustrations ; 31 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | A brief history of The Juilliard School -- Juillard's String Department -- The stringed instrument collection -- Instruments of special historical significance -- Violins -- Antonio Stradivari (1692), Avery Fisher -- Antonio Stradivari (1728), Artot -- Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu (1729), Pixis -- Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu (1731), Mayseder Guarnerius -- Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu (1731-34), ex Geneva -- Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesu (1740-43), Duc de Camposelice -- Pietro Guarneri of Venice (1721), Grimson Guarneri -- Viola -- Giovanni Grancino (1699) -- Violoncellos -- Nicolo Amati (1642), Willeke -- Antonio Stradivari (1719), Duke of Marlborough -- Double bass -- Gand & Bernardel (1877) -- Other instruments of special historical interest -- Violins -- Carlo Bergonzi (1723) -- Carlo Antonio Testore (1739) -- Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (1754), ex Ysaye -- Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (1755) -- Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (1765) -- Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (1775) -- Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (1780), ex Kochanski -- Violas -- Julio Cesare Gigli (1762) -- Carlo Mantegazza (fl. ca. 1750-90) -- Gaetano Sgarabotto (1907) -- Viola D'Amore -- Lorenzo and Tomaso Carcassi (fl. ca. 1750-80) -- Violoncellos -- Carlo Antonio Testore (1750) -- Jose Contreras (1756) (Madrid) -- Carlo Tononi (1700) -- Important bows in the collection -- Francois Xavier Tourte, Nicolas Leonard Tourte, and Victor Fetique -- Annotated list of select instruments and bows -- Appendix. Letters and certificates of authenticity -- Stradivari (1692), Avery Fisher: certificate from William E. Hill & Sons, dated January 24, 1906 -- Pietro Guarneri (1721), Grimson Guarneri: certificate from William E. Hill & Sons, dated December 22, 1919 -- Stradivari (1728), Artot: certificate from William E. Hill & Sons, dated January 18, 1902 -- Guarneri del Gesu (1729), Pixis: certificate from William E. Hill & Sons, dated July 13, 1926 -- Guarneri del Gesu (1731), Mayseder Guarnerius: letter from Arthur F. Hill to Maude Powell, dated December 11, 1903 -- Guarneri del Gesu (1740-43), Duc de Camposelice: certificate from William E. Hill & Sons, dated August 23, 1904 -- Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (1754), ex Ysaye: note by Eugene Ysaye regarding instrument. |
| Abstract | Created on the occasion of the Juilliard School's 100th anniversary in 2005, this book offers an unprecedented look at Juilliard's historic stringed instrument collection. The collection, assembled over the course of the last century through generous gifts of instruments and funds to the school, is vividly represented by photographic and narrative accounts of 25 instruments (and three bows) of particular historic interest by such illustrious makers as Amati, Bergonzi, Guadagnini, Guarneri, Stradivari, and others, as well as reproductions of historic documents and an annotated list of other instruments and bows. Among the featured instruments are a Stradivarius violin that once belonged to a Russian czar and was later owned by Avery Fisher, a Guarneri del Gesu violin played by a member of the Viennese quartet that premiered many of Beethoven's and Schubert's works in that genre, and a Stradivarius cello previously owned by Hugo Becker, head of the Berlin Hochschule fur Musik. Short essays sketch the history of Juilliard and its illustrious string department, and describe the crucial role of the Instrumental Loan Program, which allows students to borrow instruments for special performances and competitions as well as for longer-term use. The book includes a foreword by renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman, a Juilliard alumnus and holder of the school's Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation Chair since 1999. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 88-89). |
| LCCN | 2006009410 |
| ISBN | 1574671464 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9781574671469 |