Tag: Violin
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Six of the best: violin sonatas for a new age (ISCM 1922/23)
In the early years of the twentieth century, the violin achieved iconic status in European culture in an almost literal sense. Whereas Renaissance painters looked to the Madonna and Child as worthy subjects for art, modernist artists – putting their faith in more secular imagery – often turned to the violin to represent one of…
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On Being Hu(ber)man
If you’re a world-class musician at the height of your fame, and your country, or the country where you perform, commits crimes against humanity, what do you do or say? If you want to take an ethical stance, there are essentially two alternatives: the Furtwängler option and the Huberman option. As the Nazi Party tightened…
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