USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He was also an accomplished violinist. He bought a pocket fiddle that accompanied him wherever he went.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jefferson played violin–and less frequently, cello–throughout his life. He claimed that as a youth, he practiced three hours a day, and he played well enough to participate in weekly concerts at the Governor’s Palace while a student in Williamsburg.

Detailed explanation-3: -Upon his death in 1826, many of Jefferson’s possessions were to be auctioned off, including the violins. Two violins were sent to Boston to be inspected by a professional violinist. Then in 1828, both violins were shipped to England. To this day, nobody knows what happened to all 3 violins, or where they are.

Detailed explanation-4: -Music played an important role throughout Thomas Jefferson’s life, from the time he began taking violin lessons as a young boy and continuing into his old age. Music was particularly significant in his courtship of Martha Skelton. According to Jefferson family tradition, as recorded by biographer Henry S.

Detailed explanation-5: -Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry on fiddle; Benjamin Franklin on guitar, harp, viol da gamba, and, natch, glass armonica (he did, after all, invent the thing); Francis Hopkinson on harpsichord; and frontman George Washington doing dance steps Mick couldn’t match (no lie, the general is a wizard on the dance floor).