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Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Ray McMillian loves playing the violin more than anything, and nothing will stop him from pursuing his dream of becoming a professional musician. Not his mother, who thinks he should get a real job, not the fact that he can't afford a high-caliber violin, not the racism inherent in the classical music world. And when he makes the startling discovery that his [great-]great-grandfather's fiddle is actually a priceless Stradivarius, his star begins...
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a shadowy antiques shop in Rome, violinist Julia Ansdell happens upon a curious piece of music—the Incendio waltz—and is immediately entranced by its unusual composition. Full of passion, torment, and chilling beauty, and seemingly unknown to the world, the waltz, its mournful minor key, its feverish arpeggios, appear to dance with a strange life of their own. Julia is determined to master the complex work and make its melody heard.
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Author
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Formats
Description
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 courtship over fresh-made donuts. Shizuka Satomi made a deal with the devil: to escape damnation, she must entice seven other violin prodigies to trade their souls for success. She has already delivered six. When Katrina Nguyen,...
Author
Series
Kiss quotient novels volume 3
Publisher
Dreamscape Media
Pub. Date
2021
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"A woman struggling with burnout learns to embrace the unexpected--and the man she enlists to help her. When violinist Anna Sun accidentally achieves career success with a viral YouTube video, she finds herself incapacitated and burned out from her attempts to be perfect in other people's eyes. If Anna ever wants to move forward, she has to learn to listen to her own heart, but that's not easy when her greatest fear has always been disappointing others....
5) The fiddler
Author
Series
Home to Hickory Hollow volume 1
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
A wrong turn in a rainstorm leads Englisher Amelia Devries to Michael Hostetle, and the young Amishman's charming Old Order community of Hickory Hollow, Pennsylvania. Despite their very different backgrounds, Amelia and Michael both feel hemmed in by the expectations of others and struggle with how to find room for their own hopes. And what first seems to be a chance encounter might just change their lives forever.
Author
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Violinist Caroline Waverly has traveled to her grandmother's house to try and sort out her life and recover from a broken heart, and when she meets and falls inlove with Tucker Longstreet, she thinks her life may be turning around, but when four women are brutally murdered and Tucker is the only suspect, Caroline must decide whether to trust her heart or her head.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005], c2004
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) sd., col. 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The peaceful life of two aging sisters is shattered when they take in a young Polish violinist who they find injured after having been washed ashore near their coastal English home. Their town is suspicious of any visitors and things get worse when he befriends a Russian woman who is visiting the town.
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
249 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Montalbano's gruesome discovery of a lovely, naked young woman suffocated in her bed immediately sets him on a search for her killer. Among the suspects are her aging husband, a famous doctor; a shy admirer, now disappeared; an antiques-dealing lover from Bologna; and the victim's friend Anna, whose charms Montalbano cannot help but appreciate. But it is a reclusive violinist who holds the key to the murder. Montalbano does not disappoint, bringing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Bantam Dell
Pub. Date
2009.
Edition
Bantam trade pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
722 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Detective Inspector Lynley investigates when a woman is killed by a driver on a quiet London street. Who among the many acquaintances in her complicated and tragic life could have wanted her dead?
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles Times" columnist Steve Lopez shares the story of his relationship with Nathaniel Ayers, a homeless violinist who captured his attention playing a two-stringed instrument on Skid Row, discussing his attempts to help Ayers--once a promising student at Juilliard--
11) Passenger
Author
Series
Passenger volume 1
Publisher
Disney Book Group
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
In one devastating night, violin prodigy Etta Spencer loses everything she knows and loves. Thrust into an unfamiliar world by a stranger with a dangerous agenda, Etta is certain of only one thing: she has traveled not just miles, but years from home. And she's inherited a legacy she knows nothing about from a family whose existence she's never heard of. Until now. Nicholas Carter is content with his life at sea, free from the Ironwoods-a powerful...
Author
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Pearl Swain is struggling to get past a failed marriage and a disappointing career as a musician. When she is assigned to give violin lessons to a gifted but troubled young woman, she finds herself caught up in her student's life.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Since becoming an unlikely millionaire and quitting the St. Paul Police Department, Rushmore McKenzie has been working as an unlicensed private investigator, basically doing favors for friends and people in need. But even for him, this latest job is unusual. He's been asked to find a stolen Stradivarius, known as the Countess Borromeo, that only the violinist seems to want him to find. Stolen from a locked room in a B&B in the violinist's former hometown...
Publisher
Sony Classics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An emotional detective story spread over two continents and a half-century. Beneath the film's stunning and pulsing musical revelations burn the horror of war, and the lost souls extinguished from history.
Author
Series
Jackson Falls volume 1
Publisher
HQN
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
347 pages ; 17 cm
Language
English
Description
"Get in and get out. That was India Robidoux's plan for this family visit. But when her brother needs her help with his high-profile political campaign, India has no choice but to stay and face the one man she's been running from for years--Travis, her sister's ex-husband. One hot summer night when Travis was still free, they celebrated her birthday with whiskey and an unforgettable kiss. The memory is as strong as ever--and so are the feelings she's...
17) Intermezzo
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 86 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
Description
Ingrid Bergman, in her most famous role of the period, plays Anita Hoffman, an aspiring classical pianist who falls in love with a famed, but married, concert violinist. Their passionate affair has deep and unanticipated consequences for them both.
18) Little secrets
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003], c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Language
English
Description
14-year-old Emily is the neighborhood secret keeper. While her friends are away at summer camp, Emily befriends her new next-door neighbor, Philip. She spends part of her time practicing her violin for an important audition with a prestigious symphony and part of her time listening to the neighborhood secrets. Emily lets Philip in on her secrets and it isn't long before it leads to betrayal and hurt.
Publisher
Hallmark Channel
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (168 min.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Christmas in My Heart: Concert violinist Beth tutors the daughter of reclusive Country music star Sean to prep her for the holiday concert. They are joined through the connective power of music.
My Christmas Family Tree: When Vanessa receives the results from her Family Tree DNA test, she discovers a family she didn't know existed and travels to their home for Christmas.
20) The magic violin
Author
Series
Publisher
Calico Kid, an imprint of Magic Wagon
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Ana & Andrew are learning to play the violin! They are excited to join the youth orchestra. At first it is fun. But when they start to lose interest, Ana & Andrew learn from an important African American about the importance of practicing."--Publisher's description.
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