Yes he did. In almost all of them. The one's that come to mind are: "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" "The Hound of the Baskervilles" "The Woman in Green"
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He did not know how to play the violin before being cast as Sherlock Holmes, but a violin coach was hired to teach him how to play the instrument.
Most likely a violin.
He liked to play classical pieces on his violin to help him think when he was stuck on a case.In 'The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone,' he allegedly played The Barcarolle from the opera The Tales of Hoffmannwhile waiting for Count Negretto Sylvius and Sam Merton to make a decision, but it turned out the music came from a phonograph record.
Her name is Jennifer, she is not an actress, and she does play the violin.
Olga Brinski is a singer who also plays the violin. She has acted in movies and in Mexican "novelas". I have heard that she currently resides in Las Vegas. A web search on Olga Brinski should give you many details.
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Sherlock Holmes - 1954 The Case of the Singing Violin 1-15 was released on: USA: 24 January 1955 Finland: 26 March 1962
He did not know how to play the violin before being cast as Sherlock Holmes, but a violin coach was hired to teach him how to play the instrument.
No, Sherlock Holmes played the violin, quite well from Dr. Watson's accounts. Well, except for the times while, deep in thought, he'd rest the violin in his lap and scrape the bow across the strings while he considered.
Sherlock Holmes enjoys fencing, talented at fencing but most of all, he loves the violin as well as music itself and to test out new chemical experiments. According to him, his mind starves for things to think and to do.
On the Sherlock Holmes DVD compilation of the Granada TV series starring Jeremy Brett there is a violin piece on the main menu of each disc does anyone know the name of this piece? I am referring to the theme in the beginning of each episode, I speaking of the violin piece that plays on each dvd menu with the list of episodes.
There were a couple of major indicators. One was that he smoked his pipe non-stop while working through a case. Another was his rather random, though enthusiastic, violin playing.
Well, his hobbies included playing the violin, sword fighting, singlestick and boxing along with a mixture of some martial arts. In later times he became a beekeeper. That was definitely surprising to me!
He did not know how to play violin before being cast as Sherlock. However, a violin coach was hired to teach him the instrument.
If you mean the BBC Sherlock TV Show that aired quite recently, then he plays the violin.
Homes Holmes came from a class of moneyed people who did not have to 'work' for a living. As he was a restless person who needed to 'do' something, he set out to solve crimes. However, if he didn't find an interesting case he indulged in opium dens, cocaine, science experiments & violin playing. Holmes older brother,Mycroft,was (by his own words) too lazy to do anything.
Violin-filled classical------ "German [music] . . . is rather more to my taste than Italian or French." -- Sherlock Holmes, 'The Red-Headed League' [Sherlock Holmes was] patiently occupied upon a subject which he had recently made his hobby - the music of the Middle Ages. -- John Watson, 'The Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans' There are four concerts noted in the stories that Holmes likely attended: Violinist [Wilhelmina] Norman-Neruda (1817-1904) in 'A Study in Scarlet' Violinist [Pablo Martín Melitón de] Sarasate (1844-1908) in 'The Red-Headed League' Music of composer [Wilhelm Richard] Wagner (1813-1883) in 'The Adventure of the Red Circle' 'Carina' in 'The Adventure of the Retired Colourman' Also a performance of the French opera Les Huguenots featuring the De Reszkes [Jean (1850-1925), Edouard (1853-1917), & Joséphine (1855-1891)] at the end of 'The Hound of the Baskervilles.'