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Famous violinists of to-day and yesterday, 1899
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1CHAPTER II.
31650 TO 1750.
5Arcangelo Corelli, whose name is recognised as one of the greatest in the history of violin playing and composition, and who laid the foundation for all future development of technique, was born in 1653, at Fusignano, near Imola, in the territory of Bologna.
7He showed an early propensity for the violin, and studied under Bassani, a man of extensive knowledge and capabilities, while Mattei Simonelli was his instructor in counterpoint.
9Corelli at one time sought fame away from home, and he is said to have visited Paris, where Lulli, the chief violinist of
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