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Nathan Weiss's Blog – January 2023 Archive (2)

German Violinmaking: The Klotz Family

Austria’s von Trapps might have a movie made about them, but the musical contributions of the Klotz luthiers are celebrated with a statue and a school.



The Catholic Church, as well as with many other Christian denominations, has a, shall we say, evolving history with the use of instrumental support of liturgical music. The chants and polyphonic a capella style are considered the original, and therefore most pure, expression of praise and worship.



So how is…

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Added by Nathan Weiss on January 27, 2023 at 1:14am — No Comments

Albert Einstein and the Violin

While scribbling difficult formulas about E=mc2 on a chalkboard, it may have been Mozart’s Violin Sonata in C that coursed through his considerable brain.



We may have Mozart to thank for E=mc2.



The most famous scientific equation in the world, given us by none other than Albert Einstein, is a product of the man’s genius. As a theoretical physicist, his theory of relativity is one of many contributions he made to the development of quantum mechanics. He was…

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Added by Nathan Weiss on January 25, 2023 at 1:08pm — No Comments

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