Description
| Product ID: | 9780141991078 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Lev's Violin |
| Subtitle: | An Italian Adventure |
| Authors: | Author: Helena Attlee |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | String instruments, String instruments, European history, History, Social and cultural history, Travel writing, European history, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Social & cultural history, Travel writing, Italy, c 1500 to c 1600 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating *A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK*'Utterly enthralling - a beautifully-written voyage of discovery that takes us deep into the heart of music-making' Deborah MoggachFrom the moment she hears Lev's violin for the first time, Helena Attlee is captivated. She is told that it is an Italian instrument, named after its former Russian owner. Eager to discover all she can about its ancestry and the stories contained within its delicate wooden body, she sets out for Cremona, birthplace of the Italian violin. This is the beginning of a beguiling journey whose end she could never have anticipated. Making its way from dusty workshops, through Alpine forests, cool Venetian churches, glittering Florentine courts, and far-flung Russian flea markets, Lev's Violin takes us from the heart of Italian culture to its very furthest reaches. Its story of luthiers and scientists, princes and orphans, musicians, composers, travellers and raconteurs swells to a poignant meditation on the power of objects, stories and music to shape individual lives and to craft entire cultures. *A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK* |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-06-02 |