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Antonio Stradivari, his life and work (1644-1737)
London: Macmillan and Co., 1909.
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| 16 | Commendatore Lozzi of Rome. To the late… | Read | |
| 17 | CONTENTS. | Read | |
| 18 | CONTENTS | Read | |
| 19 | early makers—Where obtained—The making u… | Read | |
| 20 | Result of our researches to ascertain th… | Read | |
| 23 | LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT. | Read | |
| 24 | LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT | Read | |
| 25 | INTRODUCTORY NOTE TO FIRST EDITION. | Read | |
| 26 | is no need to try to claim interest for… | Read | |
| 30 | 1298 is derived from 'Strada averta' of… | Read | |
| 34 | 10 | remains that henceforth Alessandro, his… | Read |
| 50 | 26 | Museum. As Signor Mandelli suggests, "th… | Read |
| 51 | 27 | CHAPTER II. | Read |
| 52 | 28 | completion), in writing of Stradivari, s… | Read |
| 53 | 29 | his master; nor apparently did he again… | Read |
| 54 | 30 | Stradivari had quitted the workshop of h… | Read |
| 55 | 31 | tation gained by successive members of h… | Read |
| 56 | 32 | have had their proper certificates of bi… | Read |
| 57 | 33 | and research may perhaps enable us to de… | Read |
| 58 | 34 | fact that a wooden rule or straight-edge… | Read |
| 59 | 35 | brilliant genius endowed with the gifts… | Read |
| 65 | 41 | edge and small purfling are thoroughly c… | Read |
| 66 | 42 | the first time we see Stradivari making… | Read |
| 105 | 81 | the violoncello to be reduced in size wa… | Read |
| 166 | 142 | played upon it, and was completely capti… | Read |
| 197 | 173 | taly at the period when those makers flo… | Read |
| 198 | 174 | CHAPTER VII. | Read |
| 199 | 175 | results reached justify the most sanguin… | Read |
| 200 | 176 | which you have so generously presented m… | Read |
| 207 | 183 | treated with colourless varnish, the dif… | Read |
| 208 | 184 | may view this statement with incredulity… | Read |
| 209 | 185 | OIL VARNISH GRADUALLY ABANDONED | Read |
| 210 | 186 | great Italian violin-makers. From time t… | Read |
| 211 | 187 | hat a violin must vibrate freely, yet no… | Read |
| 212 | 188 | copies of Stradivari, Guarneri, or Amati… | Read |
| 213 | 189 | CHAPTER VIII. | Read |
| 214 | 190 | practical experience had tested various… | Read |
| 238 | 212 | number of instruments Stradivari did so… | Read |
| 239 | 213 | It was only when players recognised the… | Read |
| 240 | 214 | he inlaid the Medici arms, delicately ex… | Read |
| 274 | 246 | violoncellos. No individual year, howeve… | Read |
| 278 | 250 | but what of their condition? When we com… | Read |
| 279 | 251 | present to the Spanish monarch, Philip V… | Read |
| 280 | 252 | of the many admirable examples of our ar… | Read |
| 281 | 253 | the sorry traces of the bad performance… | Read |
| 282 | 254 | fresh to-day as when we first had it in… | Read |
| 285 | 257 | A third letter, dated Venice, March 20th… | Read |
| 286 | 258 | probably Nicolò, who at this date had re… | Read |
| 287 | 259 | Vitali set upon the violins by Francesco… | Read |
| 288 | 260 | ordered twelve violins from Stradivari a… | Read |
| 289 | 261 | afford us no information of a precise na… | Read |
| 301 | 273 | an interesting item of news bearing on t… | Read |
| 302 | 274 | lately had a sort of fiddle mania upon m… | Read |
| 309 | 281 | astic admirer of Stradivari, and at abou… | Read |
| 310 | 282 | We may here give the following extract,… | Read |
| 332 | 302 | APPENDIX | Read |
| 344 | 314 | INDEX. | Read |
| 345 | 315 | INDEX | Read |
| 346 | 316 | Pianoforte, the abuse of, in chamber mus… | Read |
| 347 | 317 | Amati teaching, 120; his aims in relatio… | Read |
| 348 | 318 | Violins, Stradivari's, 27; the statement… | Read |
| 349 | 319 | treatment of a, 80; S.'s finest examples… | Read |