# Exploring Two Great Violins: Amati & Stradivari

Curator Carol Lynn Ward Bamford and violinist Peter Sheppard Skærved explore two great violins from the collection of the Library of Congress, one by Nicolò Amati, the other by Antonio Stradivari. Each violin offers a different window on the past. Both instruments date from the 1600s-1700s; however one is in a modern configuration, the other in baroque "setup." What do these quite different instruments and setups reveal about the 17th century music played on them here, and about the characters of their makers?

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2023
- By: Library Of Congress. Music Division
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2025661530/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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