VIOLIN Stradivari Guarneri Amati Italian Makers Imitators Violoncello Varnish HC

Description: THE VIOLINIts Famous Makers and Their Imitatorsby George HART Published by R. S. Williams & Son, Toronto, 1909. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Copy of Cameron Baird, with his signature to flyleaf. Very good hardcover, no dustjacket. Good binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text. Illustrated decorative frontboard ans p. Octavo; xxxii, 526 pages, bevelled maroon cloth, with advertisements, index. Copy of Cameron Baird - with his signature to the front flyeaf. Cameron Baird (1905-1960), older son of Frank B. Baird, was known for his dedication to the Buffalo music community. A business-man early in his career, he worked for the family business, the Buffalo Pipe and Foundry Company. However, he also had a passion for music, studying viola and music composition for many years. He was instrumental in establishing the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society along with Frederick C. Slee and Samuel P. Capen, to prominence in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1952 Cameron Baird founded the State University of New York at Buffalo’s Music Department and was appointed its first Chairman.He purchased the "Tuscan-Medici" viola, by Stradivari (1690), in 1957, it is currently on loan to the Library of Congress. The Tuscan, also known as the Medici contralto or as the de Rougemont, was purchased in 1957 by Cameron and Jane Baird. It is one of a matched quintet of stringed instruments commissioned by the Medici family in Tuscany and delivered to Prince Ferdinand. The couple sponsored chamber music concerts in Buffalo and were friends of the Budapest String Quartet. Since the Budapest String Quartet disbanded in 1967, the viola has been on loan to the Library for use by the Library in its service to the public.Loc: E1StoreAdd to FavoritesFeedbackVIOLIN Stradivari Guarneri Amati Italian Makers Imitators Violoncello Varnish HC THE VIOLINIts Famous Makers and Their Imitatorsby George HART Published by R. S. Williams & Son, Toronto, 1909. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Copy of Cameron Baird, with his signature to flyleaf. Very good hardcover, no dustjacket. Good binding, solid spine, clean unmarked text. Illustrated decorative frontboard ans p. Octavo; xxxii, 526 pages, bevelled maroon cloth, with advertisements, index. Copy of Cameron Baird - with his signature to the front flyeaf. Cameron Baird (1905-1960), older son of Frank B. Baird, was known for his dedication to the Buffalo music community. A business-man early in his career, he worked for the family business, the Buffalo Pipe and Foundry Company. However, he also had a passion for music, studying viola and music composition for many years. He was instrumental in establishing the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra Society along with Frederick C. Slee and Samuel P. Capen, to prominence in the 1940s and 1950s. In 1952 Cameron Baird founded the State University of New York at Buffalo’s Music Department and was appointed its first Chairman.He purchased the "Tuscan-Medici" viola, by Stradivari (1690), in 1957, it is currently on loan to the Library of Congress. The Tuscan, also known as the Medici contralto or as the de Rougemont, was purchased in 1957 by Cameron and Jane Baird. It is one of a matched quintet of stringed instruments commissioned by the Medici family in Tuscany and delivered to Prince Ferdinand. The couple sponsored chamber music concerts in Buffalo and were friends of the Budapest String Quartet. Since the Budapest String Quartet disbanded in 1967, the viola has been on loan to the Library for use by the Library in its service to the public.Loc: E1

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