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[Tricolore] Perfection Musical String Company: Factory With Only 4 Customers Produces Fine Toned Violin Strings for Musical Thrills - The Hammond Times, January 25, 1940
David Van Edwards Baroque Lute Class - Gamut Workshop, September, 2014
[Video] Amherst Early Music Festival Exhibition 2020 - Gamut Music

Jascha Heifetz

[Video] Jascha Heifetz Remembered – Interview With Karen Khachaturian, Composer - Daniel Kurganov
[French] [Video] L’RTF Invite Jascha Heifetz - Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française
[Video] Heifetz Master Class Series at the University of Southern California 1962 - Volume 1-8 - The Criterion Channel
[Video] Pay Tribute to Jascha Heifetz: Films from the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s
Every Single Note Heifetz Played Was Better Than Any He’d Ever Play - James Ehnes
Music: Elaekoeoen! - Time Magazine, November 9, 1942
Music: Not According to Hoyl - Time Magazine, October 21, 1946
Jascha Heifetz Is Dead at 86; A Virtuoso Since Childhood - Harold Schonberg. The New York Times, December 12, 1987
[Audio] Tribute to Jascha Heifetz - Fresh Air With Terry Gross, WHYY, December 15, 1987
Jascha Heifetz: A Mentor Remembered - Donna Perlmutter. Los Angeles Times, May 8, 1988
The Fiddler King – Jascha Heifetz - The Guardian, April 18, 2001
Heifetz at 100: Both Thrilling and Chilling - David Schoenbaum. The New York Times, December 23, 2001
The Heifetz War Years - John and John Anthony Maltese. The Strad Magazine, December 2005
[Audio] Heifetz and Kreisler: Setting Standards for the Violin - Morning Edition, NPR, February 2, 2007
[PDF] Investigating Performer Uniqueness: The Case of Jascha Heifetz - Dario Sarlo. Goldsmiths, University of London, June 2010
[Video] Highlights from the 2015 Jascha Heifetz Symposium - Jascha Heifetz Symposium, 2015
Jascha Heifetz Biography and Timeline - American Masters, PBS, March 25, 2015
[Video] Jascha Heifetz: God’s Fiddler - American Masters, PBS, April 16, 2015
[Video] Highlights from the 2016 Jascha Heifetz Symposium - Jascha Heifetz Symposium, 2016
The Performance Style of Jascha Heifetz - Dario Sarlo. Routledge, 2016
Itzhak Perlman on His Violin Heroes - Ariane Todes. Elbow Music, August 31, 2016
[Video] Hightlights from the 2017 Jascha Heifetz Symposium - Jascha Heifetz Symposium, 2017
[Audio] “Like Electricity”: Jascha Heifetz Made His American Debut 100 Years Ago - Deceptive Cadence / Morning Edition, NPR, October 24, 2017
Jascha Heifetz in the Case of the Violinist and the Fanatical Doorman - Sarah Weinman. The New York Times, April 10, 2023
[Video] Celebrating Jascha Heifetz – A Birthday Tribute Live From the Heifetz Studio at The Colburn School - Colburn Conservatory of Music, February 2, 2024
How the Jascha Heifetz Studio Found Its Home at Colburn - Anne Ericksen, Colburn School, February 2024
Resurfacing After Seventy Years: The Stradivari That Shaped Heifetz - Jason Price. Tarisio.com, April 2025

Miscellaneous / Further Reading

Kingham Made-to-Measure Musical Instrument Cases
Being Paid in “Exposure” Through History - Adam Guggemos
[Video] Brandon Acker Interviews Nigel North: A Lute Legend - Brandon Acker
Connecting to Collections Care: Care of Musical Instruments - Foundation for Advancement in Conservation
Directory of Historic Black Composers - MusicByBlackComposers.org
The Ultimate List of Female Composers - Heather Fetrow
Violin & Violinists - The Occasional Magazine of Benjamin Hebbert
Signor Puppy: First Catgut Scraper - James Gillray: Caricaturist
America’s Black Composers of Classical Music - Eileen Southern. Music Educators Journal, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 46-59, 1975
Jost Amman – Der Lautenmacher (The Lute Maker) - Kenneth Sparr. Self-published, 2003
Who Were the Early Female Violinists? - Tully Potter. The Strad Magazine, March 2014
[PDF] Black and Brown Composers in Latin America: An Introduction to the Repertoire and Resources - Maria Romero Ramos and Henry Lebedinsky. June 29, 2020
[Video] Peter Croton: Lute Pedagogy in the 21st Century - The Lute Society - UK, September 2020
Dutch Baroque Lute Concert at the 2021 Boston Early Music Festival - Edward Martin
Medieval Animal Musicians: Cats - Maureen Buja. Interlude, November 2022
Medieval Animal Musicians: Rabbits - Maureen Buja. Interlude, November 2022
Medieval Animal Musicians: Monkeys - Maureen Buja. Interlude, December 2022
Cellos for Trees: Cellists Worldwide Unite to Help Change the World - The Cello Museum, June 2023
[Video] Female Lutenists in Art, In Allegory… and In Actual Life By Sara Salloum - The Lute Society - UK, November 2023
[Video] Women and the Lute with Matthew Spring - The Lute Society - UK, February 2024
Bridging Connections Through Ukrainian Cello Music - The Cello Museum, March 2024
Slip Sliding Away, or Those bothersome Pegs - The Cello Museum, April 2024
How Seattle’s Early Music Scene Can Expand Your Understanding of Music - The Seattle Times, October 2024