Beschreibung:
The wood used by master craftsmen to create many of the world's legendary stringed instruments-violins and cellos, mandolins and guitars-comes from seven near-mythic European forests. In his latest book, Jeffrey Greene takes the reader into those woodlands and into luthiers' workshops to show us how the world's finest instruments not only contribute to great musical art but are prized works of art in themselves.
Introduction1. Origins2. A Musical Instrument is More Than a Tool3. Norway Spruce and Figured Maple in Violin Family Instruments4. Cremona and the Paneveggio Forest: Tonewood Sources for the Amati, Stradivari, and Guarneri Instruments5. The Franco-Swiss Jura Mountains: The Forest as a Renewable Garden6. Rougemont, Switzerland: Forestry Laws and Choosing Tonewood Spruce7. Mariezell, Austria, and Transylvania: Tonewood Sources and Environmental Issues8. Reghin, Romania: Town of Stringed-Instrument Factories9. Zakopane, Poland, and Luby, Czech Republic: Mountains and Stringed-Instrument-Making Schools10. Mirecourt, France, and Andalusia, Spain: The Guitar-Making Tradition11. Luthiers and Alternative Sources: Sinker Wood, Floorboards, and Backyard Trees12. Tree Rings and Beyond: A Coda