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	Davidov Stradivarius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 Pré.
		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 Pré's recordings from 1964 to 1970 were made on this instrument.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Davidov_Strad (381 words)

	EducationGuardian.co.uk \| Books \| Works of genius
		Stradivarius is not thought to have been apprenticed to Amati but to the woodcarver Francesco Pescaroli, and lived in his house from 1667 to 1680.
		Stradivarius had a very long life, working right up until his death at 93, and creating his masterpiece, the Khevenhuller, when he was 90.
		Stradivarius was visionary in his decision to rework and increase the power of his soundboxes, which led to them becoming the prototype for the soundboxes of today.
	education.guardian.co.uk /higher/books/story/0,10595,1344638,00.html (1030 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 (468 words)

	Stradivari's Genius : Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection \| Toby... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Then there’s the Davidov cello, fashioned in 1712 and lovingly handed down through a succession of celebrated artists until, in the 1980s, it passed into the capable hands of Yo-Yo Ma.
		Like most people, I had heard of the renowned Stradivarius string instruments, but aside from a vague idea about how well made, rare, and expensive they are, I knew little else about them.
		This book follows the paths of five Stradivarius instruments throughout history - from the 18th century workshop in Cremona through the 19th and 20th century's wars, virtuosos, concerts, and tradings to the present musicians who play them now.
	www.this-is-great.com /info/farnnflile (2400 words)

	On An Overgrown Path: Stradivarius and the making of genius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The extraordinary thing is the violins that Amati, Stradivarius and others made in 17th & 18th Century Italy have never been equalled, yet alone bettered for sound quality.
		Antonio Stradivarius was a genius, and he had a thirst for the absoute.
		Stradivarius understood the significance of the position of the bass bar and sound post, the shape of the f holes, and the importance of the formulation of the varnish in determining the final sound.
	theovergrownpath.blogspot.com /2004/08/stradivarius-and-making-of-genius.html (462 words)

	Antonio Stradivari: antonio stradivari
		The Latin form of his surname, "Stradivarius" - sometimes shortened to "Strad" - is often used to refer to his instruments.
		It is generally acknowledged that his finest instruments were manufactured from 1698 to 1725 (peaking around 1715), exceeding in quality those manufactured between 1725 and 1730.
		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.
	winelib.com /wiki/Antonio_Stradivari (482 words)

	Cozio.com: cello by Antonio Stradivari, 1712 (Davidov)
		The 'Davidov' was constructed around Stradivari's so-called B mould.
		This mould was probably developed by the family in the first decade of the 18th century.
		Stradivarius: Five Violins, One Cello and a Genius, Toby Faber, Macmillan, 2004.
	www.cozio.com /Instrument.aspx?id=277 (400 words)

	ANTONIO STRADIVARI FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Antonio Stradivari was born in the year 1644 (by some sources in 1649 or 1650) in Cremona, Italy to Alessandro Stradivari and Anna Moroni.
		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 usual label for a Stradivarius instrument, whether genuine or false, uses the Latin inscription ''Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno date''.
	www.gwailoproject.com /Antonio_Stradivari (492 words)

	Karl Davidov - TheBestLinks.com - Russia, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, 1889, 1870, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Karl Davidov, Russia, TheBestLinks.com:Find or fix a stub, 1889, 1870, 1838...
		Karl Davidov (1838-1889) was a Russian cellist of great renown during his time, and described as the "czar of cellists" by Tchaikovsky.
		Given the stradivarius cello named for him in 1870 by a patron.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Karl_Davidov.html (112 words)

	Stradivarius Violins
		The arching was improved, the various degrees of thickness in the wood were more exactly determined, the formation of the scroll altered, and the varnish more highly coloured.
		His instruments are recognized by their inscription in Latin: Antonius Stradivarius Cremonensis Faciebat Anno [date] (Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, made in the year...).
		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.
	www.theviolinsite.com /violin_making/stradivarius.html (456 words)

	The world's top stradivarius websites
		A Stradivarius (or "Strad") is a stringed instrument built by members by 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.
		The world's largest collection of Stradivarius instruments is owned by King Juan Carlos of Spain, and displayed at the Royal Palace of Madrid.
	dirs.org /wiki-article-tab.cfm/stradivarius (251 words)

	Stradivarius Violin : Musical Instruments (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		O good art violin German on the Stradivarius does he fashion, with expertly he applied brown brown varnish.
		Stradivarius instruments is owned by the King of Spain, and displayed at the Royal Palace of Madrid.
		A Stradivarius model with exceptional resonance and response that compares to other violins at twice the price.
	www.buyordie.com /560-Stradivarius-Violin.html (591 words)

	The Observer \| Review \| Observer review: Stradivarius by Toby Faber
		As with the relentlessly sought-after object of a Hollywood movie's chase - the statuette in The Maltese Falcon, the radioactive briefcase in Pulp Fiction - for Faber there are six MacGuffins here, carefully plucked from the 600 'Strads' known to survive.
		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.
		Though there is the occasionally eye-crossing indulgence in technical jargon - one has only so much patience for the particularities of 'purfling' - for the most part, Faber treats his objects like women.
	observer.guardian.co.uk /review/story/0,6903,1288115,00.html (424 words)

	Random House Publishing Group \| Stradivari's Genius by Toby Faber
		As for the violin’s connection with Viotti, Europe’s most influential violinist at the beginning of the nineteenth century, the program had this to say: “The Viotti Stradivarius of 1709 was used by Viotti until his death, when it was sold in Paris with other instruments in his possession.
		The ‘Marie Hall’ ex Viotti Stradivarius is said to have been Viotti’s favorite instrument and is reputed to be the instrument he used when he first visited Paris.
		The Khevenhüller Stradivarius was made in 1733, a late masterpiece.
	www.randomhouse.com /randomhouse/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375508486&view=excerpt (2337 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Jacqueline Du Pre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In particular, her recording with the London Symphony Orchestra of the Elgar concerto in 1961 brought her international recognition.
		For this performance, she used her first Stradivarius -- "the Davidov" -- which was given to her by an admirer, Ismena Holland.
		It was the start of multiple sclerosis, the disease that caused her health to deteriorate until her death in London on October 19, 1987, at the age of 42.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Jacqueline_Du_Pre (767 words)

	1733 montagnana cello - Quality Cellos Resources (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Ma plays two instruments, a 1733 Montagnana cello from Venice and the Davidoff Stradivarius, which was owned by Jacqueline du PrÃ©.
		It was this same instrument that was on the evening news worldwide in 1999 after he left it in a New York cab.
		He currently plays a Montagnana cello from Venice made in 1733 and a Davidoff Stradivarius made in 1712.
	www.cellos-1.info /?m=1733_montagnana_cello (292 words)

	The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: Stradivari, Antonio @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		STRADIVARI, ANTONIO [Stradivari, Antonio], or Antonius Stradivarius, 1644-1737, Italian violin maker of Cremona; pupil of Niccolò Amati.
		He was apprenticed to Amati c.1658 and may have remained with him until Amati's death in 1684.
		Many of his instruments have acquired names, often for buyers or players, e.g., the violins the Paganini (1680), the Viotti (1709), the Lipinski (1715), and the Khevenhüller (1733) and the cello the Davidov (1712), now played by Yo-Yo Ma.
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1E1:Stradiva&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (244 words)

	theBookseller.com - Another string to his bow
		The book is Stradivarius: Five Violins, One Cello and a Genius (£16.99, 0333989767), which Picador publishes on 20th August.
		After he had done his desk research, Faber discovered that the violin she had played had not been, as she and many others had supposed, the "Viotti", but another Strad, now known as the "Marie Hall".
		Still, her story is too good to waste; and it does illustrate an interesting aspect of the progress of Stradivarius instruments.
	www.thebookseller.com /?pid=84&did=12016 (619 words)

	The American Spectator
		I recall talking to a fantastic young German violinist, whose instrument was a Stradivarius; he told me that it was one of three owned by Deutsche Bank available to Germany's top young players.
		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.
		Somehow it wound up in Russia, where it was played by a number of great cellists, including Carl Davidov, the royal court musician to the Czar, who performed on it with Franz Liszt, among many others.
	www.spectator.org /dsp_article.asp?art_id=8660 (925 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 Lady Tennant violin was made by Stradivari when he was 55 years old.
	www.theviolinsite.com /violin_making/stradavarius.html (475 words)

	The Wholenote Magazine
		For Tony Faber, it was a newspaper article about the authenticity of the famous Messiah Stradivarius violin that ‘told enough of the story to reawaken my schoolboy interest in Stradivarius.’ Faber traces six instruments, chosen as much for their lineage as for their quality.
		The cello of the title, the Davidov, was Jacqueline du Pré’s instrument, and currently Yo-Yo Ma plays it.
		Faber is more interested in instruments and people than in ideas, for instance mentioning only in passing Stradivarius’ fascinating use of the Golden Mean to calculate proportions.
	www.thewholenote.com /wholenote/bookshelf.html (771 words)

	stradivarius - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Stradivarius : Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
		Stradivarius : The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy [home, info]
		Phrases that include stradivarius: antonius stradivarius, davidov stradivarius, duport stradivarius
	www.onelook.com /?w=stradivarius (141 words)

	The Oscars... starring Ma and Perlman??? - www.ezboard.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A few days ago somebody reportet in the Du Pré subject that he changed the Davidov Strad setup into a baroque one.
		I was not able to watch the show, but I cannot imagine him playing this kind of music on a baroque instrument...
		They probably wrote stradivarius b/c no normal person would ever know montagnana.
	www.celloheaven.com /mbarchs/april5/theosc.htm (824 words)

	Yo-Yo Ma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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 Stradivarius", was previously played regularly by Jacqueline du Pré and left to him upon her death.
		Yo-Yo Ma has been called "the most omnivorous of all cellists" by critics and indeed possesses a far more eclectic repertoire than typical for a classical player.
	hallencyclopedia.com /Yo-Yo_Ma (946 words)

	CELLOMODELS.HTM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Karl Davidov was an important Russian cellist of the nineteenth century.
		He was born in Latvia in 1838 into a musical family.
		Karl began piano lessons at the age of five, and took up the cello at twelve, with Heinrich Schmidt, principal cellist at the Moscow Theatre.
	www.beatley.ie /CELLOMODELS.HTM (443 words)

	Jacqueline du Pré @ Soundbug
		For this performance, she used her first Stradivarius -- "the Davidov" -- which was given to her by admirer, Ismena Holland.
		Her friendship with musicians Itzhak Perlman, Zubin Mehta, Pinchas Zukerman and Daniel Barenboim led to the famous film by Christopher Nupen of their Schubert "Trout" Quintet.
		Du Pré received several fellowships from music academies and honorary doctorate degrees from Universities, as an acknowledgment of her talent.
	www.soundbug.com /artist/2139 (672 words)

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		Hint: one has to do with a pretreatment of the wood and the other what appears to be a unique "base coat"...
		The master made more than a thousand instruments and six hundred are documented as still...
		I didn't say it is a must-read, because any conclusions one draws about these outstanding instruments after reading the book's 300 or so pages comes from...
	www.ajmorris.com /cgi-bin/apf4/amazon_products_feed.cgi?Operation=ItemLookup&ItemId=0375508481 (869 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Yo-Yo Ma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		His main performance instrument is a very fine Montagnana cello from Venice, made in 1733.
		One of his other cellos, the "Davidov Stradivarius", was previously played regularly by Jacqueline du Pré and left to him upon her death.
		Du Pre had previously voiced her frustration with that cello's 'unpredictability', while Ma puts this down to Du Pre's passionate style of playing, and says that this cello has to be 'coaxed' by the player.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Yo-Yo_Ma (1255 words)

	Amazon.com: Stradivari's Genius : Five Violins, One Cello, and Three Centuries of Enduring Perfection: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		He could no longer play Strads, so he collected them instead; he died, in 1840, owning at least 11.
		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.
		Faber suggests that hunting for a magic key to Stradivarian excellence may be a fool's errand.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375508481?v=glance (2825 words)

	msc
		As for that it's my LOvE, I take it as my wife.
		and like the davidov strad presented to Jackie, I would like JDP to bring me the world~!
		As for this, this is my italian flute, its name is RC.
	www.geocities.com /edmundchang85/msc.html (266 words)

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