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Violin
The violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola, cello, and double bass. The violin is sometimes informally called a fiddle, regardless of the type of music played on it. The word violin comes from the Medieval Latin word vitula, meaning stringed instrument; this word is also believed to be the source of the Germanic "fiddle". The violin, while it has ancient origins, acquired most of its modern characteristics in 16th-century Italy, with some further modifications occurring in the 18th and 19th centuries. Violinists and collectors particularly prize the instruments made by the Gasparo da Salò, Giovanni Paolo Maggini, Stradivari, Guarneri and Amati families from the 16th to the 18th century in Brescia and Cremona and by Jacob Stainer in Austria. Great numbers of instruments have come from the hands of "lesser" makers, as well as still greater numbers of mass-produced commercial "trade violins" coming from cottage industries in places such as Saxony, Bohemia, and Mirecourt. Many of these trade instruments were formerly sold by Sears, Roebuck and Co. and other mass merchandisers. A person who makes or repairs violins is called a luthier, or simply a violin maker. The parts of a violin are usually made from different types of wood (although electric violins may not be made of wood at all, since their sound may not be dependent on specific acoustic characteristics of the instrument's construction), and it is usually strung with gut, nylon or other synthetic, or steel strings. Someone who plays the violin is called a violinist or a fiddler. The violinist produces sound by drawing a bow across one or more strings (which may be stopped by the fingers of the other hand to produce a full range of pitches), by plucking the strings (with either hand), or by a variety of other techniques. The violin is played by musicians in a wide variety of musical genres, including Baroque music, classical, jazz, folk music, and rock and roll. The violin has come to be played in many non-western music cultures all over the world.
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41. BOURG (Ain) - Les Ebaudes en Bresse - En place pour l...
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- Biniou
- Bourg-en-Bresse
- Bresse
- Clock
- Clog (shoe)
- Clothing
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- Date:
- 20th century
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PARADES DE FOIRE (titre inscrit)
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- Field(s):
- Entertainment
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- Portrayed subject:
- Actor
- Child
- Devil
- Dog
- Folk dance
- List of amusement rides
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre Mignard
Sainte Cécile (titre inscrit)
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- Artist(s):
- Pierre Mignard
Planche de saintetés (Sainte Euphrasie...Saint Denis) (ti...
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- Ethnology
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- Portrayed subject:
- Angel
- Charity (virtue)
- Clare of Assisi
- Crown (headgear)
- Crucifix
- Francis Xavier
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- 19th century
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- Designation:
- râpe à tabac
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Designation:
- médaillon
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bird
- Boot
- Musician
- Shoemaking
- Violin
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Designation:
- carnet (ensemble)
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- Portrayed subject:
- Clarinet
- Clarion (instrument)
- Crown (headgear)
- Cymbal
- Drum
- Flower
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- Date:
- 19th century
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Trois musiciens ambulants
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- Portrayed subject:
- Clog (shoe)
- Girl
- Hurdy gurdy
- Musical instrument
- Musician
- Old age
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- Date:
- 19th century
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NATURE MORTE AU VIOLON
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Portrayed subject:
- Beaker (drinkware)
- Book
- Furniture
- Still life
- Violin
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
LES ATTRIBUTS DE LA MUSIQUE
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- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Book
- Lute
- Sheet music
- Still life
- Violin
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- Date:
- 18th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
LE JEUNE HOMME AU VIOLON
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 18th century
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NATURE MORTE AU VIOLON
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Skull
- Still life
- Violin
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Nature morte au violon
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Guitar
- Seat
- Sheet music
- Still life
- Violin
- Western concert flute
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- Date:
- 18th century
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L'homme au violon
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Man
- Sheet music
- Sitting
- Violin
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- Date:
- 19th century
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ORPHEE DEVANT PLUTON ET PROSERPINE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Dog
- Nudity
- Orpheus
- Pluto (mythology)
- Proserpina
- Seat
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- Date:
- 17th century
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INSTRUMENTS DE MUSIQUE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bagpipes
- Candlestick
- Mandolin
- Sheet music
- Still life
- Violin
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- Date:
- 18th century
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