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Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Celebrated Violinists, 1877
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1violin, Lolli, came to London in 1785; such was his caprice that he was seldom heard, and so eccentric was his style and composition that by many he was regarded as a madman. He was, however, during his lucid intervals, a very great and expressive performer in the serious style." From England he travelled to Spain, and thence to Paris, where he performed at various concerts, and in 1788 returned to Italy. When he entered on his German engagement at Stuttgart in 1762 he found a superior there in the form of Nardini. He requested the Duke to allow him a year's leave of absence "to travel;" instead of which he retired to a secluded village, where he applied himself most assiduously to the study of his instrument. At the end of the year he returned from his pretended journey, and produced such an effect by his playing that Nardini returned to Italy. This anecdote is recorded by Gerber. As a rule, Lolli was rarely inclined to exhibit in an adagio; his performance was generally rapid and more or less eccentric. He wrote several sets of solos, and a Treatise on the Violin. He also made an eminent pupil in the person of Jarnowick, who reigned supreme at Paris in 1778, and
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