Sentence examples for violins from high-quality English sources.

• His earliest-known violins are dated about 1564.

• In both places these experts agreed that the new violins projected sound better than the old ones did.

• , while the song in its entirety recalls Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” – cellos and violins enhancing the drama.

• She is joined by 2002 Young Musician of the Year winner Jennifer Pike to put some of the violins in the exhibition through their paces.

• His earliest-known violins are dated about 1564.

• Like the viols, violins are almost always played with a bow.

• Players speak of the violins’ sound as having brilliance, depth, and character unlike anything else.

• The greatest violins were from Italy, and no city was more renowned for its instruments than Cremona.

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• His uplifting, beautiful panorama of 18 stained-glass-like works covering a wall of windows was an aesthetic argument for violins over violence.

• Neither of them knew or even cared about the numerous studies proving that a Stradivarius does not, in fact, sound better than other, comparable violins.

• Replacing the trio sonata of the Baroque period, the most popular classical ensemble was a group of four stringed instruments—two violins, a viola, and a violoncello.

• In 1681 his 12 Trio Sonatas for Two Violins and Cello, with Organ Basso Continuo, Opus 1, dedicated to Queen Christina of Sweden, who had a residence in Rome, were published.

• As early as 1622, the Italian composer Salomone Rossi had begun to specify two violins and chittarone (a large lute) in his dance sets; and soon similar combinations were adopted generally.

• The term was first used in England to apply to the “king’s band” of 24 violins at the court of Charles II (reigned 1660–85), a group modelled on Louis XIV’s famous group of violins.

• Musical listening thus may be thought to provide a prima facie argument against the claim that in hearing sounds one typically hears sound sources such as the strumming of guitars and bowing of violins.

• What sticks out most in this Antichrist-among-us horror flick is Jerry Goldsmith's memorable score, bowing deep to Bernard Herrmann with its insistent gothic hysteria: chanting choirs, shrieking violins, booming drums.

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• Today Sarah heads to the Italian Baroque for sounds of dogs, cats and chickens played on violins, finds monastic music by Tomás Luis de Victoria blossoming in a performance by Hesperion XX, and encounters the spirit of Norwegian dance with composer Johan Halvorsen.

• The French publishers Grangé, Venier, and Chevardière published Boccherini’s compositions of the previous years (Six String Quartets, G 159–164, and Six Duets for Two Violins, G 56–61, of 1761) as well as new ones (Six Trios for Two Violins and Cello, G 83–88, and Symphony in D Major, G 500, of 1766 and c. 1766?).

• In 1689 Corelli’s 12 Church Trio Sonatas for Two Violins and Archlute, with Organ Basso Continuo, Opus 3, dedicated to Francesco II, duke of Modena (he had been the Modenesi Count, 1689–90), was published; and in 1694 his 12 Chamber Trio Sonatas for Two Violins and Violone or Harpsichord, Opus 4, intended for the academy of Cardinal Ottoboni, also appeared.

• The composer of the 18th century was likely to use the orchestral instruments at least part of the time in the following manner: the flutes doubling the same part as the first violins (frequently the melody); the oboes doubling the second violins or the first violins in octaves; the clarinets (by the end of the century) doubling the violas; and the bassoons doubling the violoncellos and double basses.