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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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1playing the violin to the beasts. The first fourteen pages contain an essay on, and history of, the Italian schools of violin-making, after which comes a reprint of the first edition of l'Abbé Sibire's work, "La Chelonomie" (q.v. No. 49). The notes and appendices, which begin at page 157, are the most valuable part of the work, considered as a fresh contribution to the literature of the violin. They comprise (Note A.) essays on Nicolas Lupot, Pique, and the old French school of makers. Note B. deals with the woods used by violin-makers and with Stradivarius; Note C. with the bass-bar and sound post, Savart and Biot; Note D. with the introduction of Italian instruments into France, and celebrated specimens; Note E. with Bergonzi and Montagnana; Note F. with the museums of bow-instruments in France. The Appendices contain lists of celebrated makers, celebrated collections, and specimens of the tickets and ciphers of the leading makers from 1556 to 1790. Jules Gallay is an amateur violoncellist, and an enthusiast on all matters connected with bow-instruments. He was born at St. Quentin (Aisne) in 1822.
321. Gemünder, Georg.
5Georg Gemünder's Fortschritte | im | Violinbau | sowie | Interessante Aufklärungen | über die Violin-macherkunst, deren Kritiker | und über Violinen im Allgemeinen | von Georg Gemünder.
7Astoria, N.Y., 1880. Im Selbstverlag des Verfassers. 8vo, pp. 94, and frontispiece.
922. English Translation.
11George Gemünder's | progress in | Violin making | with | interesting facts | concerning the art | and its critics in general | By George Gemünder.
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