Masters of Tonewood - The Hidden Art of Fine Stringed-Instrument Making

About the author

Jeffrey Greene is the author of French Spirits: A House, a Village, and a Love Affair with Burgundy and In Pursuit of Wild Edibles: A Forager's Tour (Virginia). A widely published poet, he is the recipient of the Samuel French Morse Poetry Prize and the Randall Jarrell Award in Poetry. He is professor emeritus at the American University of Paris.

Summary

The wood used by craftsmen to create many of the world’s legendary stringed instruments comes from seven near-mythic European forests. Jeffrey Greene takes the reader into those woodlands and into luthiers’ workshops to show us how the world’s finest instruments not only contribute to great musical art but are prized works of art in themselves.

Product details

• Authors: Strachan Literary Agency, Jeffrey Greene, Jeffrey Agency Greene
• Assisted by: Strachan Literary Agency (Editor)
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9780813947464
• ISBN: 978-0-8139-4746-4
• No. of pages: 192
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music history; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology