Editor’s note: We recently received the following letter from the director of a music center in Malta. Since it pertains to such an important topic, we sought the help of violinist and collector Ralph Wolin to share general guidance on the subject. I just purchased 14 old violins and a cello and from a local person […]
The Past Reborn Recordings of a Lifetime
Fall
Oscar Shumsky was a musician’s violinist as much as he was a violinist’s violinist. Although his career never achieved the star status enjoyed by some of the more aggressively marketed artists of his generation, Shumsky was revered by professional musicians as well as by the concert public that did have the chance to hear him. […]