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Booty — the comic twist being that it is not the fiddle's music that deters crime but rather the notorious poverty of fiddlers (Poems, 11-13).

Captivation and Liberty in Wordsworth's Poems on Music 2008

Set against a changing backdrop of low strings, Wagner tubas and percussion, the violin part includes frequent forays into the fiddle's stratosphere and manic, repeated scale passages, challenges easily met by Ms. Mutter.

The Reigning Diva of the Violin Embraces Contemporary Music 2008

His previous instrument had been stolen from him during his trip home, and so, lacking a model, he had shaped the new one from memory of a fiddle's proportions, and it therefore looked like a rare artifact from some primitive period of instrument-making.

Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

After he had finished telling Ruby and Ada of the fiddle's creation, Stobrod sat and looked at it as if it were a thing of wonder.

Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 2003

His previous instrument had been stolen from him during his trip home, and so, lacking a model, he had shaped the new one from memory of a fiddle's proportions, and it therefore looked like a rare artifact from some primitive period of instrument-making.

Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997

After he had finished telling Ruby and Ada of the fiddle's creation, Stobrod sat and looked at it as if it were a thing of wonder.

Cold Mountain Frazier, Charles, 1950- Cold Mountain 1997

And thc fiddle's in the closet of some daughter of the town

Ballad of Saint Anne's Reel 1996

The grip, and the action, for instance; it was noticably harder to hold down the lute's strings than the fiddle's.

The Lark And The Wren Lackey, Mercedes 1992

Carla and Dan had come up with a bizarre percussive patch for one of the synthesizers, and hung it on the end of the fiddle's phrases.

War for the Oaks Bull, Emma, 1954- 1987

"A fiddle's great value," John's neighbour whispered to him.

The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine 1927