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[Performance of Bach's Chaconne on "Goldberg-Baron Vitta" violin] / Nicholas Kitchen Kitchen [video recording]

Title
[Performance of Bach's Chaconne on "Goldberg-Baron Vitta" violin] [videorecording]
Performer
Kitchen, Nicholas Kitchen
Composer
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750
Type of Material
moving image
Forms
videorecording
videorecording
Notes
Violinist Nicholas Kitchen recorded Bach's Chaconne on 5 violins in the Library of Congress's collections to compare the sounds in March, 2007. Recording was made at the Library of Congress by the Information Technologies Services division.
The violin that is being performed was made by Giuseppe Guarneri (del Gesu) in Cremona ca. 1730, and is known as the "Goldberg-Baron Vitta."
Repository
Music Division

Last Updated: 05-12-2008

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