Books in the Dover Books on Music series

This 1949 volume remains the most comprehensive study of G. B. Guadagnini's life, work, and legacy. Includes a catalogue of masterpieces and a new Introduction by an authority on musical instruments.

Survey by a renowned musicologist explores the early history and construction of stringed instruments, work of the Italian masters, and bows of François Tourte. Provides contemporary glimpses of Paganini, Schumann, Berlioz.