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Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Celebrated Violinists, 1877
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1of his very eccentric manners; and according to Fayolle (who is not always very accurate, however,) he really became mad some time afterwards. Tartini, on the contrary, was a man of a most sensitive and modest disposition; and must have formed a marked contrast to the professor whom he so much admired. Dubourg, in his clever book on the Violin, reproduces a curious story that is told of this Veracini:—"Being at Lucca, at the time of the annual festival, called 'Festa della Croce,' on which occasion it was customary for the principal professors in Italy, both vocal and instrumental, to meet, Veracini put his name down for a violin solo. When he entered the choir he found the principal place already occupied by Laurenti, of Bologna, a well-known and clever soloist, who asked him where he was going. 'To the place of the first violinist,' was the haughty reply. Laurenti calmly explained that he had been engaged to fill that post himself, but that if Veracini wished to play a solo, either at vespers or at high mass, he should have a place assigned to him. It was evident that the last speaker did not recognise Veracini, who, on hearing the explanation, turned indignantly away and
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