violin

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violin

Mort the sport

2000
Mort's attempts to excel at playing both baseball and the violin make him so confused that he decides to take up chess instead.

Mole music

1999
Feeling that something is missing in his simple life, Mole acquires a violin and learns to make beautiful, joyful music.

The Mozart question

2008
A young journalist goes to Venice, Italy, to interview a famous violinist, who tells the story of his parents' incarceration by the Nazis, and explains why they can no longer listen to the music of Mozart.

Marley Z and the bloodstained violin

2008
Fourteen-year-old Marley Zimmerman is convinced that her friend did not steal a valuable violin from the Julliard School, despite surveillance video evidence, and enlists the other members of her would-be band, the Kingston Cowboys, to help her find the truth.

Broken song

2005
In 1897, fifteen-year-old Reuven Bloom, a Russian Jew, must set aside his dreams of playing the violin in order to save himself and his baby sister after the rest of their family is murdered.

Yang the youngest and his terrible ear

1992
Recently arrived in Seattle from China, musically untalented Yingtao is faced with giving a violin performance to attract new students for his father when he would rather be working on friendships and playing baseball.

Ada Potato

1989
Ada stops playing her violin after some older children make fun of her but Mama helps her find a way to handle their teasing.

Little Rat makes music

2007
Little Rat loves the violin but hates to practice, until her teacher suggests she perform a duet with one of the advanced students at the holiday concert.

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