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De fidiculis bibliographia: being an attempt towards a bibliography of the violin and all other instruments played with a bow in ancient and modern times, 1890
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1Savigliano, 1888. Bressa. Folio. pp. 120 and 30 plates.
2The value of this work is primarily bibliographical rather than intrinsic, by reason of its rarity, having been privately printed for Signor Villa, and only a few copies having been distributed by him. He gives a chronological history of ancient and modern violin-makers, with descriptions of their works, and the plates, which are finely executed in photogravure, purport to be produced from actual and authentic instruments. These instruments have not been subjected to the critical examination of any expert, so we have only the photos to go by, and these are, to say the least of it, of very doubtful appearance in many cases. At the end of the volume are notes dealing with (i.) Bruni, (ii.) Blangini, (iii.) English imitators of the Amati School, (iv.) Polledro, (v.) Tarisio, (vi.) the French imitators of Stradivari, and (vii.) the sisters Teresa and Maria Milanollo, who were natives of Savigliano. This last is a very valuable contribution to musical biography.
4200c. ANONYMOUS.
5Cenni Storici | intorno | alla | Società del Quartetto | di Firenze.
6Florence, 1870. G. G. Guidi. 12mo. pp. iv. and 68.
7This is a short history of this famous quartett society, privately printed in a very limited edition. It gives the names of all the successive members from 1861 to 1870, and is valuable as a contribution to the biography of violin-players. Apart from this, it is of comparatively local interest.
9201a. CONSOLO, Federico. Accademia del R. Istituto Musicale di Firenze. | La | Scuola Italiana del Violino. | Memoria | letta nell' adunanza solenne del di 22 Febbraio, 1885 | dall' accademico residente | Cav. M°. Federico Consolo.
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