ISBN <-upc_ean_isbn->


N.N.: I Capolavori Cremonesi della Royal Academy of Music
Sturdy soft cover, 155pp.
Official catalogue of the Cremona exhibit held in 2003, showing instruments by Cremonese makers, now pertaining to the collection of the Royal Academy of Music in London. Good quality color photographs of 12 instruments by the Amatis, the Stradivaris and Giuseppe Guarneri, featuring detailed reproductions of the table, back and scroll, as well as measurements, A four-page spread is dedicated to each instrument. Photographs (b/w) of the Stradivari molds now kept in London are also included. The volume features highly interesting essays by Bruce Carlson, Andrea Mosconi and others, on subjects such as "Instrumental Music in Cremona, 1620-1737", and "The Transition from the Viola Tenore to the Viola Contralto".
Complete text in English and Italian.