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MAY
2002
Issue
102
FOCUS ON TRADITIONAL MUSIC
An
American Odyssey
Kevin
McKeough charts
Mark O'Connor's trek from fiddle-contest kid to classical composer.
With music to play. Read the
story online.
Read more great interviews
with top string players in our new online Featured
Artists section.
In
Search of the Source
Alan Jabbour
digs into the Southern roots of American syncopation.
Unfinished
Business
How
could a single work, Béla Bartók's Viola Concerto,
spark so much intrigue? Howard Smith and Elisa M. Welch
report. Read
the
story online.
See our special online guide to study
resources for Bartók.
An
Elegy for Ethics?
Should instrument dealers
pay commissions to music teachers? Susan M. Barbieri explores
this controversial—and common—practice. Read
the story.
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DEPARTMENTS
News
& Notes
Yo-Yo Ma rides the Silk Road
to the nation's capitol; live from the Barbie; the unstoppable Darol Anger;
the Primrose International Viola Archive celebrates a landmark; plus Benchmarks.
Click
here for the latest news.
Letter from the Greek Islands
Susan Raphael
on the good life—and great fiddle music—under the Aegean sun.
Practical Musician
Dylan Schorer
offers an ABC format primer.
Master Class
Donna Hébert
answers 12 questions violinists ask about fiddling.
Play It!
A tango to play
by Erling Patrick Horn.
In Print
New book/CD set explores French-Canadian
musical landscape; latest Amati Bach cello editions reviewed; a practical
guide to violin making; a pair of Grove biographies; and the final word
on Sir Simon Rattle. Read
a selection of book reviews here.
On Record
Fiddlers 4 is an American vernacular
string quartet; Charles Avison steps into the spotlight; Turtle Island
String Quartet comes out swinging; Jordi Savall's spirited Ostinato; the
legacy of German violinist Gerhard Taschner; and Fretwork gets busy. Read
a selection of CD reviews here.
Auction Highlights
Shop Visit
Canada's oldest
stringed instrument shop is banking on the future. By Juliana Farha.
Your Bow
Tips on buying a
Baroque bow, by Sarah Freiberg.
New Products
Ned Steinberger's NS Viola;
a durable double bass from Saga Musical Instruments; Bose’s new Wave/PC
Interactive Audio System; and a lightweight cello endpin by Earthstar
Enterprises.
Encore
Banglewood or Bust: Members
of Bang on a Can—renegades of new music—prepare for their first
summer music camp. By Jane Kotapish. Read
the story online.
Cover: Mark O’Connor.
Cover Photo by:
Kristoffersen
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