A Romani-inspired melody opens the first of Three Romances dedicated to a player of this instrument by Clara Schumann. This instrument and the accompaniment open the finale of one sonata by playing the quarter notes [read slowly] “B, C-sharp,” then “A, G-sharp, F-sharp, long E” in canon. A player of this instrument wrote a set of six sonatas each incorporating the style of players like Joseph Szigeti and George Enescu. The motto “free but lonely” lends the (10[1])nickname F-A-E to a sonata for this instrument collaboratively written by Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann. (10[1])César (-5[1])Franck (“fronk”) wrote an A major sonata for this instrument as a wedding gift for (10[1])Eugène Ysaÿe (“oo-ZHEN ee-ZYE”), a virtuoso of (10[1])this instrument. A Beethoven sonata for (10[1])this instrument is dedicated to Rodolphe Kreutzer. For 10 points, Joseph Joachim (“YO-sef YO-ah-kim”) played what highest-pitched (10[1])string (10[2])instrument? ■END■