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Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Celebrated Violinists, 1877
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1Lecler had a bold and dignified style of performance, full of energy, and his powers were remarkable. He appears to have been a man of estimable character, living for the most part a retired life. His end was tragical; he was assassinated while walking in the streets of Paris, on the evening of the 22nd of October, 1764. It is generally supposed that he fell a sacrifice to envy. The violinist, Herr Joachim, played a solo of Lecler's in a concert in London in 1874.
3The life of Felici Giardini was a very eventful one, and this celebrated violinist was more distinguished as a performer than by his compositions. Born at Turin in 1716, he studied first at Milan under Paladini, and then at Turin under Somis. His progress was so rapid that at the early age of seventeen he was enabled to travel, visiting various towns in Italy, and finally getting an appointment in the orchestra of the Opera in Naples, then conducted by the well-known Jomelli. In this capacity he remained only for a short time—long enough, however, to have received a remarkable lesson, as Dr. Burney tells us, in Giardini's own language:—Possessing considerable ability upon his instrument, he was
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