Violin - Violin Authentication

Violin Authentication

Violin authentication is the process of determining the maker and manufacture date of a violin. This process is similar to that used to determine the provenance of art works. As significant value may be attached to violins made either by specific makers or at specific times and locations, forgery and other methods of fraudulent misrepresentation can be used to inflate the value of an instrument.

Renaissance music

Movements and schools	Burgundian English madrigals Franco-Flemish Roman Venetian

Musical instruments	Bagpipe Cittern Cornett Harp Harpsichord Hornpipe Hurdy gurdy Irish harp Jew's harp Kit violin Lute Mandora Mandore Panpipe Pochette Recorder Reed pipe Sackbut Slide trumpet Shawm Tambourine Theorbo Transverse flute Trumpet Vihuela Viol Violin Virginal

Musical forms	Carol Madrigal Magnificat Mass Offertory Pavane

Composers	William Byrd

National and regional traditions	British Cyprus France Germany France Netherlands Poland Portugal Spain

Related articles	List of Renaissance composers

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“The mastery of one’s phonemes may be compared to the violinist’s mastery of fingering. The violin string lends itself to a continuous gradation of tones, but the musician learns the discrete intervals at which to stop the string in order to play the conventional notes. We sound our phonemes like poor violinists, approximating each time to a fancied norm, and we receive our neighbor’s renderings indulgently, mentally rectifying the more glaring inaccuracies.”
—W.V. Quine (b. 1908)

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