Stradivari’S Genius(ISBN=) 英文原版

Antonio Stradivari (1644—1737) was a perfectionist whose
single-minded pursuit of excellence changed the world of music. In
the course of his long career in the northern Italian city of
Cremona, he created more than a thousand stringed instruments;
approximately six hundred survive, their quality unequalled by any
subsequent violin-maker. In this fascinating book, Toby Faber
traces the rich, multilayered stories of six of these peerless
creations–five violins and a cello–and the one towering artist who
brought them into being. Blending history, biography, meticulous
detective work, and an abiding passion for music, Faber takes us
from the salons of Vienna to the concert halls of New York, and
from the breakthroughs of Beethoven’s last quartets to the first
phonographic recordings. This magnificent narrative invites us to
share the life, the intrigue, and the incomparable beauty of the
world’s most marvelous stringed instruments.

Born in Cambridge, England, in 1965, TOBY FABER now lives
in London with his wife and daughter. He was previously managing
director of his family’s renowned publishing firm, Faber and Faber.
This is his first book.