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The 32 pages that link to Violin, each with the reason it gives.

• Niccolò PaganiniNarrower topic: Paganini made the violin a vehicle for unprecedented technical display.

• Joseph JoachimNarrower topic: Joachim’s career centered on expanding the instrument’s technical and expressive possibilities.

• Anne-Sophie MutterNarrower topic: It is the instrument at the center of Mutter's solo and chamber performances.

• Antonio StradivariNarrower topic: The violin was Stradivari’s most celebrated instrument and the main basis of his reputation.

• Itzhak PerlmanNarrower topic: It is the instrument at the center of Perlman’s performing career.

• Leopold MozartNarrower topic: Leopold’s career as a performer and teacher centered on the violin.

• David OistrakhNarrower topic: The instrument’s range and expressive flexibility formed the basis of Oistrakh’s career.

• Nathan MilsteinNarrower topic: Milstein’s instrument was the medium through which his technique and interpretations took shape.

• Mischa ElmanNarrower topic: Elman’s tone and phrasing were produced through the instrument’s bowing and left-hand techniques.

• Stéphane GrappelliNarrower topic: Grappelli broadened the instrument’s public identity beyond classical and folk traditions.

• Hilary HahnNarrower topic: Hahn’s technique and interpretations center on this instrument.

• Nicola AmatiNarrower topic: Amati’s work helped establish the violin’s mature form and proportions.

• Giovanni Battista GuadagniniNarrower topic: Guadagnini’s best-known instruments belong to this instrument family.

• Pachelbel's CanonNarrower topic: The standard chamber version assigns its imitative lines to three violins.