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At the "pheasant feast" given in Lille in 1433, there appeared...a pie containing 28 live persons playing different instruments. "Culture and Cuisine: A Journey Through the History of Food" by Jean-Francois Revel, A Da Capo Press, Inc. |
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The Quilting Frolic John Lewis Krimmel 1813 Krimmel was born in Wurtemberg, Germany. He immigrated to Philadelphia in 1910. (1787-1821) |
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Artist: Thomas HICKS 1823-1890 American "The Musicale, Barber Shop," Trenton Falls, New York 1866 Medium/ support: oil on canvas Dimensions: 25 x 30 1/8 in. (63.5 x 76.3 cm.) Inscriptions: at lower right: T. Hicks 1866 Museum accession number: 52.9.15 Credit line: Purchased with funds from the State of North Carolina Provenance: Charles Tefft (seated in left foreground of painting); to daughter, Anna Griswold Tefft (Mrs. David Morton) Bogue, Seattle, WA; to daughter, Anna Tefft Bogue (b. 1878), New York; to John P. Nicholson Gallery, New York (price $1,000.00); sold to NCMA, 1952. |
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African-American Fiddlers |
All About Bows |
Cigarbox Fiddle The North American Fiddler's Hall of Fame |
Cowboy Fiddler |
Mellie Dunham Guest of Henry Ford in 1925
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Otto Erdesz Violin-Viola Maker with John Newton and Joseph Curtin violin makers he helped at the start of their careers. Cut-Away Viola Allowed much easier access to high positions |
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Glengarry Celtic Music Hall of Fame Williamstown, Ontario |
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Inventors and Violin Makers in the Pioneer Valley |
Joseph Nagyvary The Scientist and the Stradivarius |
Knilling String Reference Guide |
The Orpheon Foundation Museum of Historical Musical Instruments |
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©Photo by Daniel Larson Preparing Your Instrument for Historical Performance by Sarah Freiberg |
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Violin Makers of the Amati Family Guarneri Family of Violin Makers |
The Tubbs Bow | |
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