Scan 46
Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Celebrated Violinists, 1877
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2The Bannisters.
31640—1729.
5TWO Englishmen, father and son, named Bannister, made themselves, at this rather remote period, a considerable reputation as violin-players. It is not difficult to account for the younger Bannister being a good musician, for he was taught with assiduous care by his father; but how the latter began his musical career it is rather difficult to imagine. We only know that John Bannister the elder was born of very humble parentage, in the parish of St. Giles, London; but the exact year would be difficult to say. For several generations this family must have been highly gifted as regards music. We are expressly told that John Bannister received the first rudiments of
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