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Antonio Stradivari, his life and work (1644-1737), 1909
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1INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO FIRST EDITION.
3THE life of Gio. Paolo Maggini, published in 1892, though complete in itself, was but one of a projected series of lives of great violin makers. To make this series complete, many lives, those of the Amati especially, must be written; the history and work of many schools must be examined.
5But, in considering the subject, certain men stand out so strongly as marking periods, that it seemed it would be useful to begin with works setting forth, broadly speaking:
7(1) The beginning of violins;
8(2) The early development of violins;
9(3) The perfecting of violins;—
11a kind of trilogy, in fact, in which the leading parts are played by Gasparo da Salò, Gio. Paolo Maggini, and Antonio Stradivari.
13For various reasons the "Life of Maggini" was first completed; but the "Life of Gasparo" will be published, we hope, shortly. It has been judged wise to make the scope of this work wider than that of either of the other lives, and the necessary research and reading have involved much time and labour.
15The name of Antonio Stradivari, whose life forms the third part of the trilogy, is so well known, not only to violin and music lovers, but to people generally, that there
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