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Snakewood EDITIONS
Snakewood is an independent recording label and a publishing house specialized in baroque music. We seek to offer a high quality result, surpassing industry standards at every step. Some of our guidelines are the recording of unknown repertoire and the supplementation of our recordings with extensive musicological material. Our music editions are made by and for musicians, combining musicological fidelity and interpretative practicality.
Snakewood is also the name of a beautiful tropical wood widely used for the making of baroque bows. The making of a baroque bow is an art that requires high artistic and technical skills and a good knowledge of ancient practices. Likewise, the products of Snakewood Editions are crafted with a balanced combination of all these qualities.
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Some of the research behind our work
Discovering Pisendel
As if this were not enough to awaken our interest in Pisendel, there are those [...]
The “Schrank II” or the legacy of Concert Master Johann Georg Pisendel
At his death, in 1755, Pisendel left an archive of approximately 1800 sheet music. Unfortunately, we [...]
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The Pisendel/Montanari connection.
Antonio Maria Montanari was one of the best known violinists of his time, one of [...]
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The mysterious case of “La Montanari”
The mysterious case of a violin sonata by Giuseppe Valentini, dedicated to Antonio Montanari and [...]