The Violin Thief
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The Violin Thief
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Author : Genie M Higbee
language : en
Publisher: 100 Wings
Release Date : 2022-10-18
The Violin Thief written by Genie M Higbee and has been published by 100 Wings this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-18 with categories.
What links an abandoned violin, a crime...and a miracle?THE ORPHAN It's 1941, in the idyllic Adirondacks. A wondrous violin is charming six-year-old Douglas Tryzyna. In her wordless language she tells him they are destined to spark kindness and joy, together. Overawed, Douglas names the violin Magic Muriel. His guardian, perturbed by her charge's infatuation, seeks help. THE ARROGANT FATHER & A RESENTFUL SON Professor Stoya, recent Berlin émigré, accepts Douglas into his music conservatory. This teacher, who craves fame for himself and his obstinate son, Willi, knows exactly how to trap Douglas, long-term, for his purposes. Douglas, an avid student, falls prey to the Professor's dictates, and worse, he's stuck with Will's fickle friendship. Meanwhile, poetic piano student, Violette, captures his heart. THE OPPORTUNITY & OBSESSION 1953. Just when Douglas' benevolent destiny with Magic Muriel seems possible, a clash of desires sets off a chain reaction of ruinous events. Distressed adults, desperate Willi, and a conflicted sweetheart juggle the situation. For Douglas, only one thing is certain. Navigating a fractured future will require courage, forgiveness, and the balm of kindness. A STARTLING COMING-OF-AGE TALE that twines magical realism with musical history and legend. A novel that explores complexities of the heart, and the grace of music.
The Violin Thief
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Author : Genie Higbee
language : en
Publisher: 100 Wings
Release Date : 2022-11-04
The Violin Thief written by Genie Higbee and has been published by 100 Wings this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-04 with Fiction categories.
1941. Douglas' runaway imagination is a growing problem. He believes the rogue violin communicates with him across time and space. Lyrical, historical, exploring complexities of the heart.
Violin Fraud
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Author : Brian W. Harvey
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1992
Violin Fraud written by Brian W. Harvey and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Instruments of the violin family are well known to be exceptionally valuable if they are the work of an Italian master such as Stradivari or Guarneri. Unfortunately, in common with many other antique articles of value, the forger, the defrauder, and the thief operate in the world of the violin in a very conspicuous way. With varying degrees of skill, labels are altered, certificates of origin are spuriously created, new instruments are even disguised to look old and reproduce the features of an old master. Buyers, dealers, and even auction houses can easily make distressing and very expensive mistakes. This book detects the background to this fraudulent activity and explains how the law applies to it. Much of what is said applies to the antiques world generally, but there are specific and pressing problems relating to string instruments that have not been analyzed in detail before and with which this book is particularly concerned.
Nam And The Bike Thief
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Author : Julie Mitchell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Nam And The Bike Thief written by Julie Mitchell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Bicycles categories.
The Violin Man
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Author : Harcourt School Publishers Staff
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
The Violin Man written by Harcourt School Publishers Staff and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A story, set in the nineteenth-century, of the search for a lost Stradivarius violin.
The Violin A Social History Of The World S Most Versatile Instrument
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Author : David Schoenbaum
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 2012-12-10
The Violin A Social History Of The World S Most Versatile Instrument written by David Schoenbaum and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-10 with Music categories.
The life, times, and travels of a remarkable instrument and the people who have made, sold, played, and cherished it. A 16-ounce package of polished wood, strings, and air, the violin is perhaps the most affordable, portable, and adaptable instrument ever created. As congenial to reels, ragas, Delta blues, and indie rock as it is to solo Bach and late Beethoven, it has been played standing or sitting, alone or in groups, in bars, churches, concert halls, lumber camps, even concentration camps, by pros and amateurs, adults and children, men and women, at virtually any latitude on any continent. Despite dogged attempts by musicologists worldwide to find its source, the violin’s origins remain maddeningly elusive. The instrument surfaced from nowhere in particular, in a world that Columbus had only recently left behind and Shakespeare had yet to put on paper. By the end of the violin’s first century, people were just discovering its possibilities. But it was already the instrument of choice for some of the greatest music ever composed by the end of its second. By the dawn of its fifth, it was established on five continents as an icon of globalization, modernization, and social mobility, an A-list trophy, and a potential capital gain. In The Violin, David Schoenbaum has combined the stories of its makers, dealers, and players into a global history of the past five centuries. From the earliest days, when violin makers acquired their craft from box makers, to Stradivari and the Golden Age of Cremona; Vuillaume and the Hills, who turned it into a global collectible; and incomparable performers from Paganini and Joachim to Heifetz and Oistrakh, Schoenbaum lays out the business, politics, and art of the world’s most versatile instrument.
The Auschwitz Violin
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Author : Maria Angels Anglada
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2010-11-04
The Auschwitz Violin written by Maria Angels Anglada and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-04 with Fiction categories.
In the winter of 1991, at a concert in Krakow, an older woman with a marvelously pitched violin meets a fellow musician who is instantly captivated by her instrument. When he asks her how she obtained it, she reveals the remarkable story behind its origin. . . . Imprisoned at Auschwitz, the notorious concentration camp, Daniel feels his humanity slipping away. Treasured memories of the young woman he loved and the prayers that once lingered on his lips become hazier with each passing day. Then a visit from a mysterious stranger changes everything, as Daniel's former identity as a crafter of fine violins is revealed to all. The camp's two most dangerous men use this information to make a cruel wager: If Daniel can build a successful violin within a certain number of days, the Kommandant wins a case of the finest burgundy. If not, the camp doctor, a torturer, gets hold of Daniel. And so, battling exhaustion, Daniel tries to recapture his lost art, knowing all too well the likely cost of failure. Written with lyrical simplicity and haunting beauty-and interspersed with chilling, actual Nazi documentation-The Auschwitz Violin is more than just a novel: it is a testament to the strength of the human spirit and the power of beauty, art, and hope to triumph over the darkest adversity.
The Violin Conspiracy
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Author : Brendan Slocumb
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2022-02-01
The Violin Conspiracy written by Brendan Slocumb and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-01 with Fiction categories.
GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK! • Ray McMillian is a Black classical musician on the rise—undeterred by the pressure and prejudice of the classical music world—when a shocking theft sends him on a desperate quest to recover his great-great-grandfather’s heirloom violin on the eve of the most prestigious musical competition in the world. “I loved The Violin Conspiracy for exactly the same reasons I loved The Queen’s Gambit: a surprising, beautifully rendered underdog hero I cared about deeply and a fascinating, cutthroat world I knew nothing about—in this case, classical music.” —Chris Bohjalian, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Flight Attendant and Hour of the Witch Growing up Black in rural North Carolina, Ray McMillian’s life is already mapped out. But Ray has a gift and a dream—he’s determined to become a world-class professional violinist, and nothing will stand in his way. Not his mother, who wants him to stop making such a racket; not the fact that he can’t afford a violin suitable to his talents; not even the racism inherent in the world of classical music. When he discovers that his beat-up, family fiddle is actually a priceless Stradivarius, all his dreams suddenly seem within reach, and together, Ray and his violin take the world by storm. But on the eve of the renowned and cutthroat Tchaikovsky Competition—the Olympics of classical music—the violin is stolen, a ransom note for five million dollars left in its place. Without it, Ray feels like he's lost a piece of himself. As the competition approaches, Ray must not only reclaim his precious violin, but prove to himself—and the world—that no matter the outcome, there has always been a truly great musician within him.
The Dream Quake
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Author : Elizabeth Knox
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2013-02-07
The Dream Quake written by Elizabeth Knox and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-07 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The horror of the Rainbow Opera riot is the talk of the country. Dreamhunter Grace Tiebold's reputation is in tatters and Laura is in hiding. Rumours about the government's torture of prisoners have been suppressed and corrupt minister Cas Doran is free to take his plans to shocking heights. For at a secret depot deep within the Place, a new, terrifying dream has been unearthed . . .
Pizzicato
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Author : Rusalka Reh
language : en
Publisher: Two Lions
Release Date : 2011
Pizzicato written by Rusalka Reh and has been published by Two Lions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Good and evil categories.
"As an orphan at Stork's Nest Children's home, Darius Dorian has had a pretty tough life. But everything changes when he's sent on a school project to the studio of Archibald Archinola, the violin-maker. There Darius makes a remarkable discovery. In a glass cabinet, shining with mysterious blue light, lies a strange old fiddle. It turns out that, in the right hands, Pizzicato has the miraculous power to heal. You might think that such a violin can only do good, but when Dr. Ulrich Needham and his ambitious mother hear about the wonderful instrument, the powers of evil are unleashed in full force. Darius needs all his courage, plus a little help from his friends Little Queenie and Big Ben, to get through the greatest adventure of his life."--P. [4] of cover.