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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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1Astoria, N.Y., 1881. The Author. 8vo, pp. 108.
3The German and English Editions of this book were printed and published by Gemünder, and are primarily commercial publications for the glorification of himself. It begins with a biography of Gemünder, the Appendix to which is a treatise full of interest on the rival merits of old and new instruments. Then comes an account of his own triumphs as a violin-maker, and an essay on judging and repairing old instruments. This is followed by an essay on the preservation of violins and the excellency of his own make, a complaint against the Exhibition juries, which refused to recognize in him a new Stradivarius, and a criticism of all other makers. The rest of the book consists of egotistical chapters on his own work and advertisements of his instruments. Apart, however, from the personal eulogy of himself, which is everywhere apparent, the volume is an interesting contribution to the literature of the violin. George Gemünder was born at Ingelfingen in Wurtemburg in 1816, and was a pupil J. B. Vuillaume. He established himself in America (New York) in 1849.
523. Grivel, Victor.
7Vernis | des | Anciens Luthiers d’Italie | Retrouvé par V. Grivel | Artiste à Grenoble.
9Grenoble, 1866. F. Allier. Large 8vo, pp. 22.
11This is an account of the supposed re-discovery of the varnish of the old masters by M. Grivel, who for many years played first violin in the theatre at Grenoble. He was born in the first years of this century, and died about 1875. A report on his work, written by M. Boistel, was published by the Société de Statistique of Grenoble, under the following title:—
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