James Tubbs & The Elgar Bow
Amongst the great composers, Edward Elgar’s intimacy with the violin stands out. In his compositions he is one of very few to be specific in his bowings, and in his early life his ambitions were focussed towards performance rather than composition. When he began studies with Adolf Politzer in 1877, his teacher believed that as […]
A Violoncello by Barak Norman, London, 1704
Barak Norman (1651-1724) is one of the most distinctive and interesting makers of the violoncello, and this is one of the most beautiful examples of his work that I have seen. Norman lived at the same time as Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) and was certainly the leading instrument maker of his time in London. His earliest […]
