Cheniston K Roland's

Violin Land

The Roland Collection

Cheniston K Roland

"And now, Doctor we've done our work. so it's time we had some play. A sandwich and a cup of coffee, and then off to Violin Land, where all is sweetness and delicacy and harmony, and there are no red-headed clients to vex with their conundrums" The Red Headed League - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

In the following pages I would like to introduce you to my collection of a lifetime, THE ROLAND COLLECTION a collection I started when I was nine years of age. The first 78 rpm record I bought was of Jascha Heifetz playing "La Ronde des Lutins." Since that day over Fifty years ago I have collected violins, recordings, music and violin memorabilia. All this has lead me on many exciting adventures, least of all becoming the friend of many world famous violinists. Then writing about the violin and later producing LPs and CDs. I am eternally grateful for the many wonderful friends and contacts I have made as a result of THE ROLAND COLLECTION

Now some pages about the The King of Instruments I hope will be interesting

Cheniston K Roland - Who is he?

"Off the Air" - a LIVEOGRAPHY - of recordings from 1933 in the Roland Collection

"Films" - in which violinists have appeared or recorded the sound track.

"The Way Famous Stringed Instruments Went" - A link to the very informative pages of my colleague Jose Sanchez and our joint venture "The Discography of Famous Violins on Record"

"THE CREMONA CHRONICLE" - my newspaper to keep you up to date with news and events in the Violin World

"Sign my Guestbook" - and I will be delighted to know you have visited me

"Violin Land Notice Board" - If you would like to leave your questions or talk to other visitors to"Violin Land" then please leave a message on my notice board.

"Contents Page" - Service for Dating Violin recordings 1900-1955/A biography of the great English violinist Philip Newman/Histories of defunct record companies/Links to interesting violin sites. The First live broadcast of a violin. "Violin Companion" a new book by Gianluca La Villa. A Mini lecture on Paganini's Second Secret

"Violin Land Tourist Information and Communications Bureau" - a daily bulletin and up-to-date information on what is going on in Violin Land. There are many methods of contacting Violin Land from here.

*NEW* Bibliography of the Violin - page

"BIBLIOGRAPHY of the VIOLIN" indexed by subject - Violin - Great Makers of the Past - Construction - Bows - Encyclopedias - Dictionaries - Music - etc

*NEW* Michael Rabin Resource Page

"Michael Rabin Page"- Liveography - Bibliography - Films - URLs some information about this great young violinist

*New* Links Page Added

"A links page has been added to the violinland web site." - I have recommended what I consider to be some of the most useful and informative sites to help you in your research for excellence and never ending quest for knowledge
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Violinland recommends this site by Akiko Kose

"World Violinists on the Web" - Violinland wholeheartedly recommends this very excellent research resource which is being updated daily and to which we contribute at every opportunity.

*New* Discography page added

"Violin Discographies available on the Internet" - Discographies are to be found scattered all over the web this list will hopefully help you find the one you are looking and delight you by helping you find those you did not know about.

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