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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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1bow-instruments in general, with illustrated notices upon the various forms of viols, and short notes of the leading violin makers, especially of the German school. In this section the progresses of the four instruments of the quartett are separately considered—it is one that no practical maker should omit to study. The author was born at Gontershausen in Darmstadt in 1811, and died at Darmstadt 15 June, 1873. He was the author of four large works on musical instruments which display very great industry and research.
3287a. ZAMMINER, Friedrich.
5Die Musik und die Musikalischen Instrumente in ihrer Beziehung zu den Gesetzen der Akustik.
7Giessen, 1855. J. Ricker. large 8vo.
8pp. 1 to 46. Chapters 1 and 2.
9Chapter I. Die Violine.
10Chapter II. Die Violine. (Fortsetzung.)
12Opening as it does with an elaborate section devoted to the violin, this volume ought to be in the library of every student of the violin. The first chapter is severely theoretical and scientific, dealing with the abstract acoustics of the instrument; the second chapter is less so, but the whole essay is one dealing mainly with the scientific principles of tone production, which the average reader will find a trifle hard of comprehension. It well repays examination, however, being full of interesting problemata, excellently illustrated, concerning the instruments of the string quartett. Zamminer was, in fact, professor of physics in the University of Giessen; he was born in Darmstadt and died there, 16 August, 1856, in the prime of life.

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