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	Davidov Stradivarius
		The Davidov Strad (also: Davidoff or Davydov), or Stradivarius, is a cello built by Antonio Stradivari in 1712.
		In 1870, it was given to Karl Davidov (1838-1889) by a wealthy patron, and it is his name that it bears today.
		Davidov was a Russian cellist of great renown at the time, described as the "czar of cellists" by Tchaikovsky, though a far less successful composer.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/d/da/davidov_stradivarius.html (348 words)

	davidov stradivarius - Article and Reference from OnPedia.com
		Davidov was a Russian cellist of great renown at the time, described as the "czar of cellists" by Tchaikovsky, though a far less successful composer.
		In 1964 the "Davidov" Cello was purchased for $90,000 by Ismena Holland who then gave the cello to her goddaughter, the English cellist Jacqueline du Pr.
		Upon receiving the Davidov, Du Pre's teacher at the time, William Pleeth, declared it as "one of the really great instruments of the world." Just about all of du Pr's recordings from 1964 to 1970 were made on this instrument.
	www.onpedia.com /encyclopedia/davidov-stradivarius (371 words)

	Toby Faber, Stradivari's Genius: Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection
		Toby Faber, in tracing the lives of six of Stradivari's instruments 'because, of course, it is the Strad that is the pinnacle of the luthier's art' offers a delightfully readable and lively account of the genius of Cremona and the fascinating history of the violin.
		Strads, with their robust and penetrating sound, were made for concert halls in a time when those concert halls simply didn't exist.
		It was really in the nineteenth century that the Strad came into its own, when composers of the caliber of Beethoven, Brahms, and Tchaikovsky were writing their concerti and sonatas for violin.
	www.greenmanreview.com /book/book_faber_stradivarisgenius.html (778 words)

	WOTD
		The Latin form of his surname, "Stradivarius" - sometimes shortened to "Strad" - is often used to refer to his instruments.
		Other famous Stradivarius instruments are the Davidov Strad, a cello currently owned and played by Yo-Yo Ma, and the Duport Strad cello owned by Mstislav Rostropovich.
		The Soil Strad of 1714 is owned by virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, and many consider it among the finest of all Strads.
	www.crosswordese.com /070516_strad.html (477 words)

	Antonio Stradivari - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Latin form of his surname, "Stradivarius" - sometimes shortened to "Strad" - is often used to refer to his instruments.
		Other famous Stradivarius instruments are the Davidov Strad, a cello currently owned and played by Yo-Yo Ma, and the Duport Strad cello owned by Mstislav Rostropovich.
		The Soil Strad of 1714 is owned by virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, and many consider it among the finest of all Strads.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Antonio_Stradivari (503 words)

	strad cello
		The earliest Strad cello we know of was made by him in 1667, when he was 23...
		Karl Davidov was an important Russian cellist of the nineteenth century.
		This cello is based on a Strad model which was measured from the original cello by my master violin making teacher in Bavaria.
	www.everything-violin.com /22/strad-cello.html (494 words)

	Dreams Machine > The Immaterial World - Music Sound
		A Stradivarius (or "Strad") is a stringed instrument built by members of the Stradivari family, especially by Antonio Stradivari.
		Their individual qualities are considered worth distinguishing, and a Strad is often identified by the name of someone (often a famous musician) who formerly owned it, or regularly performed on it.
		Davidov 1712 - Karl Davidov, Russian "Czar of Cellists" (as described by Tchaikovsky).
	www.sfetcu.com /modules.php?name=Music_Sound-MM&page=Stradivarius.html (1579 words)

	Cozio.com: violin by Antonio Stradivari, 1727 (Davidoff-Morini)
		However, it seems that this was no break-in by casual looters, but a planned theft by a small circle of those who had access to the apartment and to the key of the wardrobe in which she kept the instrument.
		When a friend went to check on the violin, all she found was an empty case, with no trace of forced entry or exit to the flat.
		Opinions vary on the date of the 'Davidov'; while it is labeled 1724, experts including Simone Sacconi have put a later date of 1727 on it.
	www.cozio.com /Instrument.aspx?id=119 (500 words)

	ions
		Ion Davidov (also known as Pieter Gierek) is a Romanian-born gay porn model who appears in many Eastern European productions, particularly...
		The Davydov Stradivarius (also: Davidoff or Davidov), is an antique cello fabricated in 1712 by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona.
		Davidov & Associates, P.C. Services for immigration, real estate, and estate planning, from offices in Forest Hills and Great Neck.
	www.ions.com /search.php?query=-davidov (214 words)

	Davidov - popyourculture.com
		Karl Davidov was an important Russian cellist of the nineteenth century.
		Davidov is known for his clean mixing and diverse selection.
		Denis Vasilievich Davidov - Russian poet and military writer, a hero of the war of 1812 General A.P.Ermolov and Decembrist V.L.Davidov were his cousins.
	xn--cjrr4w.com /lglt/davidov.html (285 words)

	Observer \| Many a good tune...
		It is fascinating to follow his passionate pursuit of the Davidov, a cello currently in the hands of Yo-Yo Ma, and five violins, including the fabled Messiah.
		Faber describes the larger-than-life virtuoso Giovanni Battista Viotti who, it is thought, acquired the Strad now named after him as a love token from Catherine the Great.
		He commissioned a replica to be made which he intended to pass off as the original, but the cunning craftsman, John Betts, sensing a scheme, fashioned two fakes instead, keeping the original for himself.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /print/0,,4998841-102280,00.html (402 words)

	The Oscars... starring Ma and Perlman??? - www.ezboard.com
		A few days ago somebody reportet in the Du Pré subject that he changed the Davidov Strad setup into a baroque one.
		Perlman was the one with the strad and i'm pretty sure Ma had his montagnana.
		I also noticed that when he played in the upper positions with his fingers straight, that his vibrato motion was at a 45 degree angle to the finger board.
	www.cello.org /heaven/mbarchs/april5/theosc.htm (824 words)

	Violins
		The ‘Dolphin’ Strad, or Stradivarius, of 1714 is a famous violin made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona.
		The Messiah Strad (also known as Le Messie) is a violin made by luthier Antonio Stradivari in Cremona, Italy in 1716.
		The ‘Soil’ Strad, (pronounced "shwah") or Stradivarius, of 1714 is a famous violin made by Italian luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona.
	www.shortopedia.com /V/I/Violins (1097 words)

	Observer review: Stradivarius by Toby Faber \| By genre \| Guardian Unlimited Books
		It is fascinating to follow his passionate pursuit of the Davidov, a cello currently in the hands of Yo-Yo Ma, and five violins, including the fabled Messiah.
		Faber describes the larger-than-life virtuoso Giovanni Battista Viotti who, it is thought, acquired the Strad now named after him as a love token from Catherine the Great.
		He commissioned a replica to be made which he intended to pass off as the original, but the cunning craftsman, John Betts, sensing a scheme, fashioned two fakes instead, keeping the original for himself.
	books.guardian.co.uk /reviews/biography/0,6121,1288082,00.html (455 words)

	Reader's Club: Email Review
		Indeed, from 1666 until he died in 1737, he built what would become the universal pattern for the modern violin.
		These instruments, as well as the other 600-plus Strads known to exist, are named for their most famous players - with one exception.
		The Messiah is the template for every Strad copy ever made.
	www.readersclub.org /emailReview.asp?id=3030 (160 words)

	Davidov Stradivarius (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is very similar in construction and form to the equally famous Duport Stradivarius built a year earlier and now played by Mstislav Rostropovich.
		Upon her death in 1987, du Pré left the Davidov to Ma, who has peformed with it mainly in Baroque music.
		It had been modified specifically for the task to create a more authentic sound for the era.
	www.punweb.com /article/Davidov_Stradivarius (375 words)

	TED Blog: Stradivari's Genius
		To violinists (a group of which I at least once counted myself a member), Stradivarius is the epitome of perfection.
		While cries of horror from certain members of the family resulted in my son being named Julian, not Strad, I have remained a devotee of the brilliant instrument maker and can think of few things that better reflect the virtues of TED -- the confluence of technology, entertainment and design -- than the Stradivarius.
		The third TED instrument chronicled in Stradivari's Genius, is the Davidov cello.
	tedblog.typepad.com /tedblog/2006/07/stradivaris_gen.html (644 words)

	Random House Trade \| Stradivari's Genius by Toby Faber
		Bowes’s recital was billed as revisiting the golden age of the violin: the Edwardian era when musicians faced no competition from modern technology for the ears of their prosperous audience.
		One of the Strad’s eponymous owners, Marie Hall, had been a leading English violinist in the early twentieth century.
		Yo-Yo Ma, who has played it for the last twenty years, is probably the most celebrated cellist of his generation, and he is eloquent when he describes getting to know his great Stradivarius: “The pianissimos float effortlessly.
	www.randomhouse.com /randomhouse/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375760853&view=excerpt (2358 words)

	Yo-Yo Ma Biography
		His recordings and performances of Johann Sebastian Bach's suites for unaccompanied cello are particularly acclaimed, and he has also played a good deal of chamber music, often with the pianist Emanuel Ax.
		One of his cellos, the "Davidov Strad", was previously played regularly by Jacqueline du Pré and left to him upon her death.
		Yo-Yo Ma has been called "the most omniverous of all cellists" by critics and indeed possesses a far more eclectic repertoire than typical for a classical player.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Ma_Yo-Yo.html (337 words)

	Amazon.com: Stradivari's Genius: Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection: Books: Toby Faber (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Antonio Stradivari (1644-1737) may be forever, but the same cannot be said of his violins, especially the ones that have sustained several concert careers.
		Analysts have suggested various "secrets" to the remarkable acoustics of a Stradivarius, including the volcanic earth he may have worked into the varnish and his preference for soaking the wood he used in salt.
		During one such visit, the violinist Delphin Alard exclaimed in exasperation, "So, your violin is like the Messiah, always expected and it never appears." The name stuck, and the _Messiah_ eventually appeared, of course, but it almost never made a sound.
	www.amazon.com /Stradivaris-Genius-Centuries-Enduring-Perfection/dp/0375760857 (2731 words)

	Davidov Stradivarius at AllExperts
		It is very similar in construction and form to the equally famous Duport Stradivarius built a year earlier and now played by Mstislav Rostropovich.
		Upon her death in 1987, du PrÃ© left the Davidov to Ma, who has performed with it mainly in Baroque music.
		It had been modified specifically for the task to create a more authentic sound for the era.
	en.allexperts.com /e/d/da/davidov_stradivarius.htm (474 words)

	Blogs
		Each "Strad", whether violin or cello, has a name and a story of its own.
		Between Stradivari's time and ours the Strads have passed through the hands of amatuers and virtuosos, wealthy families and members of royalty.
		As their histories unfold, Faber investigates the Strad sound and the enduring legend.
	www.piercecountylibrary.org /blogs.aspx?blog_id=5&posting_id=26 (325 words)

	Jose Sanchez-Penzo: The Way Famous String Instruments Went - Players
		It was painful to do because I would have liked to have kept it in the family, but I wasn't happy with it.
		Mullova left her first Strad in Helsinki when she came to the West.
		It is said her Strad was found damaged but not destroyed clasped in her arms.
	www.jose-sanchez-penzo.net /stPl_M-O.html (597 words)

	The American Spectator
		In fact, an effort to reproduce exactly a particular Strad, and to sell it as an original is considered the apex of a modern craftsman's skill, and has only rarely been accomplished.
		But Yo-Yo first played the Davidov years before, when it belonged to Jacqueline du Pre, and subsequently borrowed it for several years from her, as she found it difficult to play.
		Wielhorski was an amateur but was able to get a sufficiently fine tone from his Strad to inspire Felix Mendelssohn to write his second cello concerto for him, and Robert Schumann to write that he was the most gifted dilettante he had ever met.
	spectator.org /dsp_article.asp?art_id=8660 (950 words)

	Stradavarius Violins
		Until recently, the highest price paid at a public auction for a Stradivarius was £947,500 ($1.6 million) for the "Kreutzer Strad" at Christie's in London, 1998.
		In April 2005 the "Lady Tennant Violin" was sold in New York for $2.5 million.
		The Soil Strad of 1714 is owned by virtuoso Itzhak Perlman, and many consider it amoung the finest of all strads.
	www.theviolinsite.com /violin_making/stradavarius.html (480 words)

	Remembering Stradivari's Genius
		In his book, Faber follows the individual histories of five Stradivarius violins and one Strad cello to illustrate the breadth of this luthier's long and prolific career, and its subsequent effect on the musical world.
		Considering the kind of money a Strad goes for these days, it was interesting when Faber provided us with the value that Stradivari put on his own violins in a will: 166 Cremonese lyra for each of seven violins, or the equivalent today of $700 U.S. dollars.
		Posted via 67.155.187.228 on April 19, 2006 at 3:54 PM I worry about Faber's comment in his book that Strads are "wearing out." I hope it's not true, and I hope it doesn't inspire shutting them up in museums, unplayed.
	www.violinist.com /blog/laurie/20064/5008 (1295 words)

	CELLOMODELS.HTM
		He was a keen accomplished musician and a collector of Stradivari instruments, during his life-time he collected six Strad violins and one Cello.
		A grand trio by Mayseder, a grand duet (with Savori) and a solo number which was a grand fantasia by Kummer.
		In 1867 on visiting the Colonel's house Piatti was comparing three violincello's, an Amati, a Montanagna and the Strad.
	www.beatley.ie /CELLOMODELS.HTM (443 words)

	Strad Mad - Forbes.com
		The high note of $3,544,000 was reached by an anonymous telephone bidder who hammered the Hammer to a final price that was over $1 million above its high estimate, obliterating the previous record for a Stradivari, set just last year at $2,032,000 for the Lady Tennant violin.
		Prized for their exquisite tonal qualities, "Strads" are currently ranked in the highest echelon of wood instruments by most music aficionados.
		Perhaps that cold spell is one reason for Strad’s singular ability to heat up the musical instrument market.
	www.forbes.com /collecting/2006/05/24/strad-violin-christies_cx_jc_0525pow.html (275 words)

	Stradivarius'Forma B'
		Poplar gives the cello a dark, woodier sound as opposed to Maple which has a brighter bell like quality.
		The pictures shown here are on an original Davidov cello, not one made by the luthiers bench
		Measurements (all in millimeters and taken with a calliper, i.e.
	www.cruzanengineering.net /steven/lb/Strad_Davidov.html (327 words)

	Cello (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This is a close replica of the 1712 "Davidov" cello by Antonio Stradivari.
		The varnish is antiqued oil with oil color glazes, and its texture and appearance are remarkably close to the original.
		The story of the "Davidov" cello has been published in The Strad magazine for December 2001.
	lkbrownviolins.com /cello.htm (62 words)

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