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The Spanish bow

by Andromeda Romano-Lax

FictionMusiciansHistoryFiction, historicalMusicians, fictionMadrid (spain), fictionNew York Times reviewedFiction, historical, general

In a dusty, turn-of-the-century Catalan village, the bequest of a cello bow sets young Feliu Delargo on an unlikely path. When a local land owner's wrath threatens his family, the Spanish bow leads Feliu to anarchist Barcelona, then on to the court in Madrid where a music master's daughter gives him his first lessons in the art of love. There he meets up with the charming and eccentric piano prodigy Justo Al-Cerraz and begins the lifelong friendship and rivalry that will orchestrate a tumultuous course for them both.

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