This article from The Strad, December 1945, describes the story behind the Dalla Costa violin believed to have been owned and played by Mozart during his years living in Vienna.
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Click here to read the news story about the Dalla Costa violin donated to the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation.
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In the December 2024 issue we examine the history of the Linarol dynasty, one of the first violin making families in Venice. Here, Stefano Pio provides some context as to the 16th-century environment in which they worked, as well as a semantic discussion on the terms ‘viole’ and ‘lire’ ...
Possibly the first instrument ever made by Pressenda, it boasts a two-piece back of slightly burled quarter-cut maple
Tim Homfray hears the performance of Mozart and Brahms at London’s Wigmore Hall on 29 September 2024
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