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Scan 18
Chats on violins, 1905
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1CONTENTS
3CHAT
4INTRODUCTION ……………………………………… I
5I. THE FIDDLE'S ANCESTORS — ITS ORIGIN, AS DESCRIBED IN MYTH, TRADITION, AND FANCY—THE REBEC, CRWTH, AND VIELLE ……………………………………… 7
6II. VIOLS AND EARLY VIOLINS ……………………….. 35
7III. ITALIAN MAKERS—VIOLINS FROM GASPARO DA SALO TO ANTONIUS STRADIVARIUS ……………………………………… 53
8IV. A FEW OTHER ITALIAN FIDDLE-MAKERS OF NOTE ……………………………………… 99
9V. GERMAN MAKERS—JACOBUS STAINER—SOME FRENCH AND ENGLISH MAKERS ……………………………………… 121
10VI. THE MANNER OF PRESERVING AND PLAYING THE VIOLIN ……………………………………… 165
11APPENDIX—PAGANINI ……………………………………… 183
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