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Ekphrasis, the Paragone and baroque violin playing…

How music should be seen but not heard in paintings, and its implications for understanding musical...

A Violoncello Piccolo by Barak Norman & Nathaniel Cross 1724

A small violoncello with a back length of just 632mm was made in London by Barak Norman and his assistant...

Catgut Strings: Perspectives on quality and performance

In the Elizabethan times, New Years Gifts formed an important ritual for courtiers seeking favour with...

Baroque nuts… (not the type you were thinking of).

Neck grafts obliterate all evidence of where the original fingerboard ended on an early instrument, and...

Baroque Bass Bars

In a series of blogs, Benjamin Hebbert looks at the ideas behind the “baroque violin” and...

Catgut Strings: John Dowland’s “Other Necessary Observations” 1610

In 1610 Robert Dowland published his Varietie of Lute Lessons, evidently as an effort to gather favour with...

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