{"product_id":"violin-dreams","title":"Violin Dreams","description":"\u003cp\u003e?A rapturous  witty  and passionate memoir ... Violin Dreams is not only the story of a man becoming an artist  its a history of twentieth-century music. ? John Guare  Tony Award?winning playwright  Arnold Steinhardt  for more than forty years an international soloist and the first violinist of the Guarneri String Quartet  brings warmth  wit  and fascinating insider details to the story of his lifelong obsession with the violin  that most seductive and stunningly beautiful instrument. His story is rich with vivid scenes: the terror inflicted by his early violin teachers  the sensual pleasure involved in the pursuit of the perfect violin  the charged atmosphere of high-level competitions. Steinhardt describes Bachs Chaconne as the holy grail for the solo violin  and he illuminates  from the perspective of an ardent owner of a great Storioni violin  the history and mysteries of the renowned Italian violinmakers. Violin Dreams includes a remarkable CD recording of Steinhardt performing Bachs Partita in D Minor as a young violinist forty years ago and playing the same piece especially for this book. A conversation between the author and Alan Alda on the differences between the two performances is included in the liner notes.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946011127861,"sku":"ByrdShop_0547086008","price":42.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780547086002.jpg?v=1770445527","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/violin-dreams","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}