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 nickname F-A-E to a sonata for this instrument collaboratively written by Johannes Brahms and Robert Schumann. César Franck (“fronk”) wrote an A major sonata for this instrument as a wedding gift for Eugène Ysaÿe (“oo-ZHEN ee-ZYE”), a virtuoso of this instrument. A Beethoven sonata for this instrument is dedicated to Rodolphe Kreutzer. For (-5[1])10 points, Joseph Joachim (“YO-sef YO-ah-kim”) played what highest-pitched string (10[5])instrument? ■END■