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Famous violinists and fine violins : historical notes, anecdotes, and reminiscences, 1896
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1be heard. The only violinist I ever knew who perhaps equalled Vieuxtemps in the crispness and accuracy of his staccato was my worthy master Henri Standish, with whom it was almost a natural gift. I have heard it stated by the late Madame Jullien that Camillo Sivori had the finest staccato known; but as I never heard Sivori except in Paganini's music, where the stiff staccato is hardly ever used, I cannot judge of the value of this statement. Among living violinists Emile Sauret is remarkable in this respect. It is doubtless one of the most effective ornaments of violin playing, and well repays the drudgery of practice necessary to acquire it; but several distinguished violinists I could name have never succeeded in obtaining it to any extent.
3Late in life Vieuxtemps suffered from paralysis, brought on, I believe, by overwork, as was the case with another eminent violinist whom I knew. He was on a visit to Algiers, a great invalid, and taking an airing with a friend in an open carriage, when a vile, drunken Arab threw a huge stone at him, which struck him on the back of his head and hastened his death. He was born in 1820 at Verviers, in Belgium, and died in 1881, leaving many fine compositions for the violin.
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