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
Ms. Salerno-Sonnenberg now plays a much more comfortable Peter Guarnerius of 1721.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2012
“By playing an instrument, it opens up its pores,” said the violinist and conductor Pinchas Zukerman, who plays a 1742 Guarnerius del Gesù.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2012
He rushed home, grabbed what he thought was his Guarnerius, headed for shelter.
From Time Magazine Archive
Gaspar's instruments seem to foreshadow in their tone and power, those of Stradiuarius and Joseph Guarnerius, while the Amatis seem generally to have been contented with producing a tone of surpassing sweetness.
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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