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Biographical Sketches and Anecdotes of Celebrated Violinists, 1877
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1The young painter, whose name has not come down to us, caricatured Pugnani more than once, and in one of his impertinent drawings he represented the Italian artiste leading his orchestra, all the musicians of which were grouped under his vast nasal organ, as under an enormous parasol.
3In this section a few words should be devoted to Luigi Boccherini, born at Lucca in 1740, and distinguished more as a composer than a virtuoso. Indeed, his favourite instrument was the violoncello. He gave great delight in his concerts by playing Nardini's duetts for violin and violoncello, which he executed with Manfredi, a pupil of the latter. To Boccherini is attributed the first successful writing of trios, quartetts, and quintetts, or rather the fixing of the true character of these compositions. Among other curiosities he wrote quintetts for two violoncellos. From 1768 to 1806 he wrote no less than ninety-three of these quintetts for the two instruments, besides numerous other works. After a while he left Italy and went to reside in Spain, where he is said to have "basked in the sun-
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