Guarnerius
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I’ll bet you a 1734 Guarnerius once owned by Bronislaw Huberman that you can’t find an interview or profile that doesn’t foreground some prominent mention of a certain landmark 1986 Tanglewood performance.
From Washington Post • May 12, 2021
He was able to translate that approach to the Guarnerius in the Sibelius performance.
From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2015
She lost a Guarnerius del Gesù when the lender decided he wanted to sell it.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2012
"I put my life savings into a Guarnerius violin," said First Violinist Melvin Ritter, "and I don't want to take it onstage to thump it on the back."
From Time Magazine Archive
But even such prices have been exceeded by that of the celebrated King Joseph Guarnerius mentioned elsewhere, which realised £700.
From Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. by Pearce, J. H. (Joseph Henry)
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