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Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Epigraph
Introduction
Chapter One - Five violins and one cello
Chapter Two - “The incomparably better violins of Cremona”
Chapter Three - “He was a genius already”
Chapter Four - “His costume scarcely ever varied”
Chapter Five - “So singular and so beautiful”
Chapter Six - “My violin should realize a large sum”
Chapter Seven - “To the Virtuosos of Violins”
Chapter Eight - “The turning-point in the history of virtuosity”
Chapter Nine - “I have 80,000 francs on me”
Chapter Ten - “Unveiled in all its intact glory”
Chapter Eleven - “Find his majesty’s soloist”
Chapter Twelve - “An immense reserve of strength”
Chapter Thirteen - “No matter what the price”
Chapter Fourteen - “What can we sell this as?”
Chapter Fifteen - “The sound kept on coming and coming”
Chapter Sixteen - “A run-of-the-mill Strad”
Afterword
Appendix One: Chronology of Classical Luthiers
Appendix Two: Glossary
Appendix Three: Price Conversions
Bibliography and Sources
Picture Acknowledgments
Dedication
Acknowledgments
Abut the Author
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