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Celebrated violinists, past and present; ("The Strad" library), 1897
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1XXXII.—KARL JOSEPH LIPINSKI
3MUST without question have been one of the greatest of virtuosi. The peculiar circumstances of his early life did not render his career an easy one. He was born at the small Polish town, Radzyn, according to the official certificate on October 30th, but the date given in his private family record is November 4th, 1790.* His father was a violin player by light of nature, from whom the son obtained his natural aptitude for the instrument as well as his earliest instruction, the latter being of a somewhat precarious nature. On such lines as these Lipinski scraped upon the violin until his
5* The difference of these dates is no doubt explained by the style adopted in Russia.
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