Fiddlers in fiction

European stories: Councillor Krespel / E.T.A. Hoffmann

The poor fiddler / Franz Grillparzer

Albert / Leo Tolstoy

The fiddler of the reels / Thomas Hardy

Rothschild's fiddle / Anton Chekhov

The fiddle / Sholom Aleichem

American stories: The fiddler / Herman Melville

The little violinist / Thomas Bailey Aldrich

100 percent man / Damon Runyon

The birthday concert / Paul Goodman

The resemblance between a violin case and a coffin / Tennessee Williams

The wasp / Herbert Kubly

Harry Belten and the Mendelssohn Violin concerto / Barry Targan.