It is not news that Nathan Milstein is a wizard of the violin.

That is, when Mr. Milstein thrust straight to the core of the music, sparks flying, bow shredding, violin singing, glittering and sometimes spitting, Mr. Hendl could go along.

He is one of the few men in history who plays jazz on a violin.

This music is characterized by a large technical research and focuses mainly on twelve long Noubate " series ", its main instruments are the mandolin, violin, lute, guitar, zither, flute and piano.

Amati is the name of a family of Italian violin makers, who flourished at Cremona from about 1549 to 1740.

While Stradivari's first known violin states that he was a pupil of Amati, the validity of his statement is questioned.

* The archtop guitar incorporates a top, either carved out of solid wood or heat-pressed using laminations, that is arched like instruments in the violin family, usually with an f-hole rather than a round sound hole.

They include two concertos for pianoforte, one in C major and one in B flat major, ( both 1773 ); a concerto for organ in C Major in two movements, ( the middle movement is missing from the autograph score, or perhaps, it was an improvised organ solo ) ( also 1773 ); two concertante works: a concerto for oboe, violin and cello in D major ( 1770 ), and a flute and oboe concerto in C major ( 1774 ).

Other well-known Berg compositions include the Lyric Suite ( 1926 ), which was later shown to employ elaborate cyphers to document a secret love affair ; the extraordinarily elaborate post-Mahlerian Three Pieces for Orchestra ( completed in 1915 but not performed until after Wozzeck ); and the Chamber Concerto ( Kammerkonzert, 1923 – 25 ) for violin, piano and 13 wind instruments: this latter is written so conscientiously that Pierre Boulez has called it " Berg's strictest composition " and it, too, is permeated by cyphers and posthumously disclosed hidden programs.

The harp is also a stringed instrument, but is not a member of or homogenous with the violin family and is not considered part of the string choir.

A chamber ensemble made up entirely of strings of the violin family is referred to by its size.

Ludwig van Beethoven's Opus 1 is a set of three piano trios ( written for piano, violin, and violoncello ), first performed in 1793 in the house of Prince Lichnowsky, to whom they are dedicated.

Opus 70 is a set of two Piano Trios by Ludwig van Beethoven, written for piano, violin, and cello.

97, by Ludwig van Beethoven is a piano trio for piano, violin, and cello, finished in 1811.

The Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Opus 24, is a violin sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven.

As the guitar is tuned to one octave below that of the violin, the same size gut could be used for the 1st strings of both instruments.

It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass.

The name cello is an abbreviation of the Italian violoncello, which means " little violone ", referring to the violone (" big viol "), the lowest-pitched instrument of the viol family, the group of string instruments that went out of fashion around the end of the 17th century in most countries except France, where they survived another half-century or so before the louder violin family came into greater favour in that country too.

It is probable that Mozart's first violin sonatas, written at the age of seven, were modeled on Alberti's work, although Mozart's examples are generally considered superior.

The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, bass fiddle, bass violin, doghouse bass, contrabass, bass viol, stand-up bass or bull fiddle, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2 ( see standard tuning ).

Early Italian instruments, on the other hand, were so light in construction that they were treated rather like a violin: kept for storage in a protective outer case, and played after taking it out of its case and placing it on a table.

He played flute and violin, and learned to ride, fence, and dance.

" At the request of Nurmi, who enjoyed classical music and played the violin, Konsta Jylhä's Vaiennut viulu ( The Silenced Violin ) was played during the ceremony.

Northup kept up with the violin, which he played well.

Solomon played his violin at several well-known hotels in the City of Saratoga Springs ; however, he found its seasonal cycles of employment difficult.

The ten-person cast, who played their own instruments in new orchestrations, consisted of John Arbo ( Jonas Fogg ; bass player ), Donna Lynne Champlin ( Pirelli ; piano, accordion, flute ), Alexander Gemignani ( The Beadle ; piano, trumpet ), Mark Jacoby ( Judge Turpin ; trumpet, percussion ), Diana DiMarzio ( Beggar Woman / Lucy Barker ; clarinet ), Benjamin Magnuson ( Anthony Hope ; cello, piano ), Lauren Molina ( Johanna Barker ; cello ), Manoel Felciano ( Tobias ; violin, clarinet, piano ), Patti LuPone ( Mrs. Lovett ; tuba, percussion ), and Michael Cerveris ( Sweeney Todd ; guitar ).

Jefferson played the violin and Martha was an accomplished piano player.

The violin is sometimes informally called a fiddle, regardless of the type of music played on it.

The violin has come to be played in many non-Western music cultures all over the world.

Herschel moved to Sunderland in 1761 when Charles Avison immediately engaged him as first violin and soloist for his Newcastle orchestra, where he played for one season.

Pinafore and played the first violin on the American tour of Jacques Offenbach.

On his last recording session, in New York, on September 15, 1930, Beiderbecke played on the original recording of Hoagy Carmichael's new song, " Georgia on My Mind ", with Carmichael doing the vocal, Eddie Lang on guitar, Joe Venuti on violin, Jimmy Dorsey on clarinet and alto saxophone, Jack Teagarden on trombone, and Bud Freeman on tenor saxophone.

*" Your Mother and Mine " played by Jack Benny on his violin with interjections from Karl Dane and George K. Arthur

During this period, Ingres formed friendships with musicians including Paganini, and regularly played the violin with others who shared his enthusiasm for Mozart, Haydn, Gluck, and Beethoven.

When the cornett did not double voices it either substituted for them or, especially after 1600, played instrumental lines, often together with or in place of the violin or with an ensemble of trombones.

Double stops ( two notes played simultaneously ) are sometimes used, but mostly as a reinforcement of the main melodic line, similar to the usual use of double stops in solo violin music.

She played the violin and sang her own original compositions.

He played the violin in the 1846 Birmingham festival, and in 1849 went to London as a private composition student under William Sterndale Bennett.

Fat Tony played the violin in " Insane Clown Poppy ".

Together with his brother Julius ( violin ) and sister Isabella ( piano ), Jacob played in a trio at local dance halls, inns and cafés, performing popular dance music and operatic arrangements.

In 1905, he formed a second Schnabel Trio with Carl Flesch ( with whom he also played violin sonatas ) and the cellist Jean Gérardy.

In addition to dance, August was a voracious reader, learned French at home, played the violin, sang in a boy soprano voice, and studied declamation with the actors Michael Rosing, Lindgreen, and Frydensdahl.

Herrmann chose unusual instrumentation for the film: violin, cello, and bass ( all three electric ), two theremin electronic instruments ( played by Dr. Samuel Hoffman and Paul Shure ), two Hammond organs, a large studio electric organ, three vibraphones, two glockenspiels, marimba, tam-tam, 2 bass drums, 3 sets of timpani, two pianos, celesta, two harps, 1 horn, three trumpets, three trombones, and four tubas.