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Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Celebrated Violinists, 1877
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1accustomed to embroider, or otherwise change certain passages of the music, much more than any orchestral player was ever heard to do before or since. "One night," says Giardini, "Jomelli, who had composed the opera that was being performed, came into the orchestra and seated himself close by me; I at once determined to give the worthy maestro a touch of my taste and execution. In the symphony of a song which was of a pathetic style the opportunity occurred, and I gave loose to my fingers and fancy; for which I was immediately rewarded by the composer with a violent slap in the face! It was about the best lesson I ever received from a great master in my life."
3It is satisfactory to be told that ever after this Jomelli treated the young musician, who was quite beneath his position in an orchestra, with great kindness. Somehow or other, Giardini did not, however, get quit of the theatre—indeed it was destined to be the great bane of his life. He managed, nevertheless, to appear occasionally at concerts, and his reputation daily increased; in Berlin he had a very enthusiastic reception, and arrived in London in 1749, where he produced a
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