Voice and violin

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This document prints 19 names. A name found this way is the weakest thing this site records: the book names the person, and nothing more is said. It is not a line in a record — the lines that actually rest on this source are listed above, each with its own confidence. 5 of the names below reach a record on this site; lines from this source have been written for 0. The rest are names and nothing else — which is an honest description of the evidence, and an invitation: if you know one of these makers, we want to hear from you.

1. Passages scan page 147, line 3 mention only — no record here yet

   Passages of tenths are not common in violin music, and when they are met with, as in De Bériot's Second Concerto and Ninth Air Varié, Paganini's Rondo de la Clochette, &c., it is rare, indeed, that they are ever played in tune throughout. Some violinists transpose them to thirds, but the effect is not so brilliant. — trade term as printed: "violinists" (near match, edit distance 3) — surname not established — the line carries a trade term but no surname resolves to it — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

2. Curious scan page 165, line 3 mention only — no record here yet

   Curious to relate, I heard him for the first time at the Theatre St. Hubert, at Brussels, on the very stage where, shortly before, I heard Camillo Sivori, as described in my "Famous Violinists," &c., p. 90. I was so delighted with St. Léon's playing that I not only induced my violin master to go with me on the next occasion, but I mentioned the fact to Vieuxtemps. The latter seemed rather displeased at the effect which this music had made upon me, and when I spoke of it rather enthusiastically, the great violinist shrugged his shoulders, and said, "Oui, il joue bien, mais il n'a pas de style!" Nevertheless St. Léon had what Vieuxtemps never possessed—the faculty of touching the hearts of his audience. The great Belgian violinist astonished and pleased, but St. Léon charmed. — trade term as printed: "Violinists" (near match, edit distance 3) — surname not established — the line carries a trade term but no surname resolves to it — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

3. Books scan page 207, line 3 mention only — no record here yet

   Books treating of the old master luthists record a good deal of detail (mostly imaginary) on the obscure life of Jacob Stainer, his love affairs, his miseries, and his celebrity as a violin-maker. But very few have given us much information on the structure or model of his instruments, which differ considerably from those of all other makers. — trade term as printed: "violin-maker" — surname not established — the line carries a trade term but no surname resolves to it — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

4. Unfortunately scan page 211, line 3 mention only — no record here yet

   "Unfortunately," says Pearce, "thirteen of these appear to have been lost, and the remainder have all been in royal hands, the Empress Maria Theresa, the Duke of Orleans (grandfather of King Louis Philippe), and Frederick William of Prussia, and been presented by them (except the last) to eminent violinists." — trade term as printed: "violinists" (near match, edit distance 3) — surname not established — the line carries a trade term but no surname resolves to it — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

5. Young scan page 144, line 5 draft record
6. Octaves scan page 147, line 5 mention only — no record here yet

   Octaves, thirds, and sixths are doubtless great beauties in violin-playing, and should be diligently practised as early as possible by young violinists. Some composers display much greater talent than others in writing effectively such passages as I allude to, and too much attention cannot be given in this respect to the choice of a piece of music which it is intended to perform in public. — trade term as printed: "violinists" (near match, edit distance 3) — surname not established — the line carries a trade term but no surname resolves to it — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

7. Young scan page 107, line 7 draft record
8. Jacobus, Stainer scan page 206, line 7 mention only — no record here yet

   Jacobus Stainer was born at Absom, near Insprück, in the Tyrol, about the year 1620, and lived to the age of sixty-three. Whilst still a mere boy he went to Cremona, and found employment in the workshop of Nicolo Amati (the greatest of the makers of that name), of whom he was destined to become a noted rival, not only in his native land, but throughout the whole world; and his name at the present time is as familiar to violinists of every country as is that of the great Amati himself. — trade term as printed: "violinists" (near match, edit distance 3) — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

9. Otto scan page 211, line 7 draft record
10. Biographical, Sketches scan page 102, line 9 mention only — no record here yet

    ¹ "Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Violinists" (1877), and "Famous Violinists and Fine Violins" (1896). — trade term as printed: "Violinists" (near match, edit distance 3) — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

11. Abelen, Albani scan page 241, line 9 mention only — no record here yet

    Albani (violin-maker), 190 — trade term as printed: "violin-maker" — surname inherited from the headword at line 3: "ABELEN, Henri van den, his" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

12. Famous, Dr T scan page 6, line 11 mention only — no record here yet

    "Dr. T. L. Phipson's notes and anecdotes of 'Famous Violinists and Fine Violins' contain a good many things that will amuse violinists, and many that may instruct them. A chapter on the early violinists of England is perhaps the most valuable part of the book."—Times. — trade term as printed: "Violinists" (near match, edit distance 3) — surname inherited from the headword at line 5: "Famous Violinists and Fine Violins" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

13. Amati, Nicolo scan page 241, line 14 draft record
14. Martinez, Maucotel scan page 244, line 19 mention only — no record here yet

    Maucotel (violin maker), 101 — trade term as printed: "violin maker" — surname inherited from the headword at line 18: "Martinez, Madame Isidora, 100" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

15. Guadagnini, Lorenzo scan page 243, line 24 draft record
16. Guadagnini, Guarnerius scan page 243, line 25 mention only — no record here yet

    Guarnerius (violin maker), 89, 101 — trade term as printed: "violin maker" — surname inherited from the headword at line 24: "Guadagnini, Lorenzo (violin maker), 131" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

17. Kloz, Sebastian scan page 243, line 45 mention only — no record here yet

    Kloz, Sebastian (violin maker), 101, 128, 190 — trade term as printed: "violin maker" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

18. Octaves, Otto scan page 244, line 45 mention only — no record here yet

    Otto (violin maker), 189, 191 — trade term as printed: "violin maker" — surname inherited from the headword at line 38: "OCTAVES, thirds, and sixths, 127" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

19. Failures, Ferny scan page 242, line 55 mention only — no record here yet

    Ferny, the sisters (violinists), 64 — trade term as printed: "violinists" (near match, edit distance 3) — surname inherited from the headword at line 54: "FAILURES of Operas, ratio of, 69" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)