Fourteen-year-old Anna Maria dal Violin is one of the orphan musicians of the Ospedale della Pietà, where Antonio Vivaldi is resident priest and composer. Extraordinary musical talent, determination, and not-always-trustworthy friends...
Violinists
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Author:Peterson, TracieSummary:Britta Lindquist must choose between the love of her life, Yuri Belikov, or a coveted first chair violin position offered by the English conductor, Brenton Maltese.
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Author:Glickman, SusanSummary:Set in Jewish London in the 1930s, Susan Glickman's The Violin Lover is written against the backdrop of Hitler's escalating campaign against the Jews. This beautifully written novel tells the story of Clara Weiss and Ned Abraham, "the...
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Author:Stinson, KathySummary:When Dylan hears someone playing their violin in the subway he wants to stop and listen, but his mother and other commuters ignore the violinist completely. Also includes a brief biography of Joshua Bell.
- Author:Hoang, HelenSummary:
When violinist Anna Sun accidentally achieves career success with a viral YouTube video, she finds herself incapacitated and burned out from her attempts to replicate that moment. And when her longtime boyfriend announces he wants an...
- Author:Min, KatherineSummary:
An Indie Next Pick. In this hilariously savage, poignant novel by acclaimed author Katherine Min, a grieving daughter's revenge on the man who caused her mother's death sets off a series of unexpected reckonings. On a cold,...
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Author:Stinson, Kathy, Petricic, DusanSummary:Even Joshua Bell makes mistakes, but there is always a second chance. As a young student of the violin, Joshua Bell learns about an international competition to be held in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He chooses a piece of music, which his...
- Author:Aoki, RykaSummary:
Good Omens meets The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet in Ryka Aoki's Light From Uncommon Stars , a defiantly joyful adventure set in California's San Gabriel Valley, with cursed violins, Faustian bargains, and queer alien...
- Author:Bomann, CorinaSummary:
Quand Lilly, jeune antiquaire à la vie terne et sans surprises depuis le décès de son grand amour, reçoit un violon très ancien censé lui appartenir, elle croit rêver tant l’objet est exceptionnel. La découverte d’une partition de...
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Author:Ross, JeffSummary:In this short novel for middle readers, Will discovers that while he has the talent required for a career as a classical violinist, stage fright threatens to destroy his dream.
- Author:Alexander, TameraSummary:
A master violinist trained in Vienna, Rebekah Carrington manages to wheedle her way into an audition with the Maestro at the newly formed Nashville Philharmonic. But women are "far too fragile and frail" for the rigors of an orchestra,...
