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Twenty Thousand Hertz

Cremona: Saving the world’s most prized violin sounds

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Design, Music, Music Commentary, Arts

4.94.5K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2020

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

There’s a town in northern Italy that’s home to the most famous violin makers in history. The museum there holds some of the most unique and prized violins in the world - but we’re in danger of losing their sounds forever. In this episode from the podcast This is Love, Phoebe Judge reports on how a town stayed quiet to preserve an instrument they love. Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced by Defacto Sound. Subscribe on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to see our video series. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠mystery.20k.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Support the show and get ad-free episodes at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠20k.org/plus⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Follow Dallas on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Join our community on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Reddit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/cremona Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.4

There's a town in northern Italy named Cremona.

0:38.8

I've been there.

0:39.7

It's not your typical Italian tourist destination,

0:42.3

but it still has all of the Italian charm.

0:44.8

But more than anything,

0:46.1

this town is known for being home to some of the most renowned violin makers in history,

0:50.9

including the legendary Antonio Stradivari.

0:57.8

The people of Cremona are clearly proud of their city's connection to the violin.

1:02.7

It's why they've gone to great lengths to preserve both the history and sound of the instrument they're known for.

1:04.0

The podcast, This Is Love, captured the entire feel and heart of this town perfectly,

1:09.2

and I'm excited to share their story now.

1:11.3

Here's host Phoebe Judge.

1:14.9

What does a violin sound like?

1:20.0

What a violin sounds like a violin?

1:25.0

Has something special in the way that sort of penetrates in your body,

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