An Italian Town Fell Silent So The Sounds Of A Stradivarius Could Be Preserved

Wim Janssen, one of the musicians involved in the recording project, plays a viola made by master luthier Girolamo Amati in 1615.

The mayor of Cremona, Italy, blocked traffic during five weeks of recording and asked residents to please keep quiet so master musicians could play four instruments — note by note — for posterity.

(Image credit: Courtesy of Native Instruments )



from Arts & Life : NPR https://n.pr/2IhA5n2

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