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Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Celebrated Violinists, 1877
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1whose elegant and brilliant performances captivated the public more than any other violinist had hitherto done. From whom Lolli himself received his instruction I have not been able to discover; but in his day the number of eminent musicians in Italy was very considerable. Some say that Locatelli gave him lessons.* According to Valery, the author of Curiosités et Anecdotes Italiennes, Tartini was proclaimed by the Italians il Maestro delle Nazioni, in other terms, the finest musician in the world; the French, alluding to his studies on the management of the bow, have termed him le législateur de l'archet—the law-giver of the bow. In the person of Pugnani he had, without doubt, the greatest of all his pupils; but Pugnani had also the advantage of having studied previously under the celebrated Somis, and only took lessons of Tartini when already an artiste of considerable abilities. Thus Pugnani, who formed the immortal Viotti, united in himself the schools of Corelli and Tartini. We shall refer to him again.
3* Fetis says that Locatelli did not produce many pupils, but that he had "many imitators, especially Lolli, Fiorillo, and, above all, Paganini." It seems rather probable that Lolli really was a pupil of his.
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