The Red Violin
30 point extra credit assignment
In ESSAY form, please detail the answers to the following questions.
Name the predictions that were made by the
housekeeper about the violinmaker's wife.
Detail the death of the violinmaker’s
wife.
List the names of each of the owners of the Red Violin.
Name the actor
who finally owned the violin at the end of the movie.
The violin
receives a bit of damage in the 1800's, Describe how this instrument gets
damaged.
What type of
music did the orchestral conductor offer in lieu of the solo violinist’s
repertory and why was it not accepted by the audience?
In the end
of the renaissance and early baroque period the violin ends up in what type of
music school?
What major
composer taught in a school like this during his lifetime?
At the
auction each person who is bidding has a special relationship to the violin.
List each
bidder and tell why the instrument is important to him or her.
In the end,
how much did the final owner pay for the instrument?
How did the
violin end up in
Was this
instrument popular in
Why was this
instrument was called the "The Red Violin?"