Violins are important instruments in a wide variety of musical genres - they are most prominent in the Western classical tradition and in many varieties of folk music, however they ... and so makes a ...

in which the 30-year-old violinist said highly flattering things about Elgar’s music, and wished he would write something for violin. Elgar eventually got down to composing the concerto in ...

Tucson Desert Song Festival commissioned John Corigliano to write a song for Joshua Bell and Larisa Martinez; he wrote six in "Tennessee Songs." ...