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| This one comes courtesy of 562randy. Send your answers to info@cozio.com. The first five to submit the correct answers will receive a free 1-month cozio.com subscription (or an extension to your existing subscription). And remember, you can also earn a 1-month subscription by contributing the next quiz. This two-pieced back instrument has puzzled experts for over two centuries. One of violinists who used this instrument had citizenship from two continents and made two complete recordings of two styles of J. S. Bach compositions, Alas, this violin only has only one I.D number. What is the instrument? Who is the violinist? And why has the instrument puzzled experts?
- Phil Margolis
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| This one turned out to be more interesting than I had expected. First off, congratulations to wth, Yarrikanna, bob75, and kuatekuats, who submitted the answer we were expecting: The violinist was Henryk Szeryng, who was a citizen ofboth Poland and Mexico. His instrument was the famous 'Leduc' Guarneri del Gesu, which has puzzled experts because it carries an original label dated 1745, one year after del Gesu died. Roger Hargrave and some others have speculated that the instrument was completed by his wife, Katarina, who may have had a hand in making a number of his other instruments as well. What made this quiz especially interesting is that we received another answer from Tartini, which is also valid. According to Tartini, the correct answer is Yehudi Menuhin, who was a citizen of the U.S., Switzerland and England. He also twice recorded the complete Bach concerti and solo sonatas, and among his many instruments was one that confused experts. This is the Cremonese violin bearing a label from Joseph Guarnerius filius Andrea. For most of its history it was thought to be by Guarneri, but recently it has been attributed to the rare Cremonese maker, Giovanni Maria del Bussetto. So, two valid answers to this quiz -- more proof that good things come in pairs!
- Phil Margolis
Cozio Publishing
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