When Thomas Baltzar arrived in England in the 1650s, he astonished audiences with his extraordinary violin playing; one listener even examined his feet to see if they were cloven hooves. Patrick Wood Uribe’s 2008 CD release was the first recording of Baltzar’s unaccompanied violin music, and this year saw the publication of the first edited collection of his solo works. Professor Wood Uribe’s talk is about Baltzar the man, his music, and the world around him.