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violin

[vahy-uh-lin] / ˌvaɪ əˈlɪn /
NOUN
musical instrument
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The German composer adapts several Scottish folk songs in a work for orchestra and violin that beautifully evokes a place and its people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

The name reflects the offensive's four stages, or seasons - like the Italian composer's violin concerto.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

As Beethoven does in his violin concerto, Bruch uses virtuosic passagework only insofar as it enables us to better know the melody.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

But the tracks are enriched with synthesizers, violin, flute, trumpet and clarinet — all five members are multi-instrumentalists.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

“You would need a new violin teacher. Someone who lives in Ottenville,” Jessie said.

From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser

Uruguay: “Tyrants: Tremble!/We shall cry out ‘Liberty’ in battle!” — a boast backed by flutes and violins that make it sound like a Rossini overture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

There’s “White Hot Coal,” a pensive, acoustic folk rocker with violins as the ghost of an accordion.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

Cue the violins, because after Jerome Powell’s swan song Fed rate meeting, it’s his final two weeks in the hot seat.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

Where do the world’s best violins come from?

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 5, 2026

The royal orchestra marches in with stringed misens and violins and cellos, and the first waltz of the evening begins.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton


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