The art of violin : the devil's instrument, transcending the violin : a film

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Label

The art of violin : the devil's instrument, transcending the violin : a film

Title remainder

the devil's instrument, transcending the violin : a film

Statement of responsibility

written and directed by Bruno Monsaingeon

Title variation

• Devil's instrument
• Transcending the violin

Contributor

• Rabin, Michael, 1936-1972
• Menuhin, Yehudi, 1916-1999
• Thibaud, Jacques, 1880-1953
• Warner Music Vision (Firm)
• Enesco, Georges, 1881-1955
• Golʹdshteĭn, Boris Ėmmanuilovich, 1921-
• Sept/Arte (Firm)
• Ricci, Ruggiero, 1918-2012
• Elman, Mischa, 1891-1967
• Stern, Isaac, 1920-2001
• Oistrakh, David, 1908-1974
• Francescatti, Zino, 1902-1991
• NVC Arts (Firm)
• Gitlis, Ivry
• Ferras, Christian, 1933-1982
• Kogan, Leonid
• Ysaÿe, Eugène, 1858-1931
• Kreisler, Fritz, 1875-1962
• Szeryng, Henryk
• Haendel, Ida
• IMG Artists (Firm)
• Szigeti, Joseph, 1892-1973
• Grumiaux, Arthur
• Idéale Audience International
• Korcia, Laurent
• Markov, Alexander, 1963-
• Monsaingeon, Bruno
• Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-1987
• Neveu, Ginette, 1919-1949

Subject

• Violin
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Violin music -- History and criticism

Genre

• Films for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• fre
• rus
• eng
• mul
• eng

Summary

Drawing on archival performance footage and interviews... evokes the vast panorama of the world of the violin in the 20th century and its most outstanding performers. ... some silent, and later resynchronised, film footage ..."--Container

Cataloging source

ENG

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Stephen Wright, producers ; Clive Sugars, executive producer. "An Idéale Audience, IMG Artists Production, in co-production with La Sept-Arte, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Thirteen/WNET & AVRO with the participation of NVC Arts, La cinquième, Mezzo, Fernsehen DRS, Televisione Svizzera-TSI, Télévision suisse romande-TSR, SWR, Sverige Television, YLE, ORF, NRK, ERT-NET, RTV Slovenia and with the support of Procirep, CNC & Media II"--Container

Date time place

Previously released in Europe in 2000

Language note

English, French or Russian commentary; subtitles in English, French, Spanish & Japanese

PerformerNote

Yehudi Menuhin, David Oistrakh, Isaac Stern, Fritz Kreisler, Nathan Milstein, Arthur Grumiaux, Jasha Heifetz, Mischa Elman, Alexander Markov, Ivry Gitlis, Ruggiero, Ricci, Joseph Szigeti, Zino Francescatti, Ruggiero Ricci, Boris Goldstein, Michael Rabin, Joseph Hassid, Eugène Ysaÿe, Laurent Korcia, George Enescu, Ginette Neveu, Jacques Thibaud, Ida Haendel, Leonid Kogan, Henryk Szerying, violin ; with contributions from Ivry Gitlis, Ida Haendel, Hilary Hahn, Laurent Korcia, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman, Mstislav Rostropovich

Runtime

113

Technique

live action