An image of "Boy Playing a Violin", created by Frans Hals from 1625-30 (Oil on panel , 18,4 x 18,8 cm).

An image of "Young Man with a Violin", created by Jan Kupecky during the 1690's (Oil on canvas, 89,5 x 72 cm).

An image of "The Youth with a Violin", created by Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin from 1734-35 (Oil on canvas, 67 x 74 cm).

An image of "Books, Mug, Pipe, and Violin", created by John Frederick Peto from 1890-95 (Oil on canvas, 63 x 75).

An image of "The Violin Player", created by Jan Lievens, c. 1625 (Panel).

An image of "Vanitas with Violin and Glass Ball", created by Pieter Claesz, c. 1628 (Oil on panel, 36 x 59 cm).

An image of "Interior of a Tavern with Violin Player", created by Adriaen Jansz Van Ostadez (Oil on canvas).

An image of "St Francis with an Angel Playing Violin", created by Guercinoz (Oil on canvas, 162 x 127 cm).

An image of "A Woman Seated at a Table and a Man Tuning a Violin", created by Gabriel Metsuz (Oil on canvas, 43 x 37 cm).

Learn about the science of music acoustics. Topics such as how do violins change with age and brass acoustics are explored through scientific research.

Physical activity is needed for maintaining normal bone strength and mass. But whether physical stress on finger bones during development leads to an increase in finger length, is something you will discover in this project not by...

Kathleen Parlow was dubbed the "world's greatest woman violinist". She studied violin in the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia, the only girl in a class of 45 and the first foreigner to be accepted. As her career developed, she...

Music can loosely be defined as organized sound. The instructional activity objectives, understanding sound is a form of energy, understanding pitch, understanding sound traveling through a medium, and being able to separate music from...

Learn the ranges of all of the string instruments. The chart shows the written pitch and the sounding pitch. There are also comments about some of the instruments ranges.

This interactive site offers students resource for learning about composers, their works, the logistics of orchestra seating, the functions of different instruments, and the like.

A truly complete biography of the great man. Some adequate discussion of his theoretical and scientific work, but the accent here is on his personal life. Many anecdotes, many quotes from him, many references and hotlinks to other...

Imagine you are one of the world's greatest violin players, and you decide to conduct an experiment: play inside a subway station and see if anyone stops to appreciate when you are stripped of a concert hall and name recognition. Joshua...

This site provides a comprehensive account of how Bach's BWV 964 method of transcription was derived with particular interest for interpreting what musical ideas were deemed important by Bach. Especially handy for guitarists who are...

After listening to excerpts from four of the violin concertos from "The Four Seasons" by Italian composer and violinist, Antonio Vivaldi, decide which excerpt was meant to go with which season, and also decide where the earth would be in...

Access the collection of stringed musical instruments housed at the Library of Congress. Photographs, construction details, recordings, articles, and related resources.

A short biography of Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741 CE). Click to the past radio shows to hear his music and learn more about this famous composer.

This site features the author Grace S. Richmond including the full text of five novels and one short story.

An A-to-Z directory of all the instruments and tools of the orchestra. Each entry includes a description, a picture, and a sound sample.

This site provides information for those who are professionals, teachers, or students of the viola.