In one concerto for this instrument, each entrance of the rondo theme is preceded by a handbell.
Heinrich Biber experimented with different configurations of this musical instrument, for which a Concerto in E minor lacking a beginning orchestral introduction was written by Mendelssohn. Players of this instrument include Eugene Ysayë and Yehudi Menuhin. In one concerto for this instrument, each entrance of the rondo theme is preceded by a handbell. Also played by Joe Venuti and Itzhak Perlman, it is usually tuned to G, D, A, and E. Crafted by Stradivari, this is, for 10 points, what four-stringed instrument, the highest-pitched in the string family?
Heinrich Biber experimented with different configurations of this musical instrument, for which a Concerto in E minor lacking a beginning orchestral introduction was written by Mendelssohn.
violins