Cello belonging to artist John Constable to be played for first time in 100 years

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According to The Guardian’s source item, Cello belonging to artist John Constable to be played for first time in 100 years, Exclusive: Landscape painter was also a keen musician and played a cello made for him by his friend and mentor He was one of Britain’s greatest landscape painters, with masterpieces including The Hay Wain and View on the Stour near Dedham But John Constable was also a keen musician – and his personal cello, which he commissioned, is to be played in public for the first time in 100 years after its restoration. The instrument was made in 1802 and it is thought Constable may have played it in a local band in his home village of East Bergholt in Suffolk. Continue reading…

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