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Famous violinists and fine violins : historical notes, anecdotes, and reminiscences, 1896
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1my father succeeded in pacifying them both, and Vieuxtemps promised that Von Rosenberg should hear him on another occasion; so they afterwards shook hands and parted pretty good friends.
3Vieuxtemps' father was justly proud of his distinguished son. He one day made a present to my mother of a coloured lithographic portrait of the great artiste, at the age of eight, with his violin in his hands, taken shortly after his first public appearance. She has it still. It is a three-quarter picture, and the violin appears almost as big as the child. The latter has dark hair and eyes, and a most expressive, intelligent countenance; he is dressed in a grey blouse and white collar, with a leather belt round his waist.
5When I first knew Henri Vieuxtemps he had already travelled in Europe, and had established his reputation as one of the greatest of violinists. In Belgium, when De Bériot had retired, he was considered to be the greatest in the world; for Sivori was then little known in that country, and Joachim alone seemed to vie with him.
7I heard Vieuxtemps on several occasions besides that above mentioned, among others at a concert at the splendid room of the Grande Harmonie at Brussels, where he always had a very enthusiastic reception, and where Teresa Milanollo, whose acquaintance I also made about this time, more than once delighted her audiences.
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