I was speaking to a good friend the other day and he alighted on the subject of the Funerary Violin. I, being of sound mind and body, had never heard of said subject so I asked him to explain. Well it is supposedly a lost art form resurrected by one Rohan Kriwaczek he solemnly stated. This lost art form is so obscure that it missed the history books and the re-history books. I thought to myself well then this needs looking into. Here is the link to the page on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funerary_Violin
It should tell you all you need know about the topic at hand and if you are really interested well then I suggest you buy the book.
What we have here is fiction historical opposed to Historical Fiction. What I mean is that this gentleman has just barely manipulated the slightest of facts for a small percentage of his piece and for a large majority has made up persons, situations and a whole tradition of music to suit his style of playing. I applaud Rohan on his accomplishment. From what I have heard about the book it seems supremely interesting to me. Chopin is a thief, The Catholic Church murderers, George Babcotte is a Shakespeare hidden in Time, and other wonders that are just waiting to be discovered on his false pages that spewed from his false tongue. So if you liked the Da Vinci code as much as I didn’t don’t read this book.
