“He lifted the violin to his shoulder then, and raised the bow. And he played.”
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess
Source: Clockwork Princess
Song lyrics, Never for Ever (1980)
“He lifted the violin to his shoulder then, and raised the bow. And he played.”
Cassandra Clare book Clockwork Princess
Source: Clockwork Princess
Helen Keller book The Story of My Life
Part II: Letters (1887 - 1901) TO MRS. LAURENCE HUTTON Wrentham, February 20, 1898.
The Story of My Life (1903)
“Very touching. Do you want me to imitate a violin?”
L.J. Smith (1965) American author
Variant: Very touching," said a voice from the stairway. "Do you want me to imitate a violin?" - Damon
Source: The Fury
“…the violin — that most human of all instruments…”
Louisa May Alcott book Jo's Boys
Source: Jo's Boys
“There is no competition of sounds between a nightingale and a violin.”
Dejan Stojanovic (1959) poet, writer, and businessman
Dancing of Sounds http://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/21378/Dancing_of_Sounds <br class="br">From the poems written in English
“We are so not breaking out the violins and pity partying.”
Gena Showalter (1975) American writer
Source: Alice in Zombieland
“Please start from the Bruch violin concerto again!”
Richard Strauss (1864–1949) German composer and orchestra director
Whilst rehearsing the Alpine Symphony, referring to the theme in which he quotes and extends the theme from the slow movement of the violin concerto by Max Bruch. The quote is reported in Kurt Wilhelm, Richard Strauss - an intimate portrait. Thames and Hudson, London, 1989, page 40. The theme's major appearence is in C major just after rehearsal mark 80 ("At the summit"), played by horns in unison:
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