David Fulton - La Pucelle

This story is part of a longer interview recorded for the Rosin the Bow project. www.rosinthebow.org. David Fulton is one of most significant private violin collectors in the world today and we spent a pleasant afternoon at his home, talking about what inspired him to become a collector and the colorful stories associated with the violins, violas, and cellos in his collection. I was particularly intrigued by his account of how a violin made by Antonio Stradivari in 1709, known as the “La Pucelle,” came into his possession. The story is followed by violinist James Ehnes playing a composition titled Asturiana by Manuel De Falla on La Pucelle. He is accompanied on piano by Eduard Laurel.

Rosin the Bow explores the many roles the violin family of instruments play in the world today through a series of public radio programs, podcasts, and a comprehensive oral history archived by the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History. Traveling throughout the United States and other parts of the world, storyteller, fiddler, and award-winning radio journalist Joe McHugh and his wife Paula McHugh seek out interviews with violin makers, dealers, restorers, auctioneers, tone wood producers, insurance agents, museum curators, rosin makers, bow hair importers, string manufacturers—even police officers who have played a part in recovering stolen violins. The McHughs also interview gifted musicians who perform a variety of musical genres from classical and folk to jazz and rock.

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