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Scan 52
Famous violinists of to-day and yesterday, 1899
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1Anêt, was born in 1687, and turned to the Italian school. In 1719 he entered the service of the Duke of Orleans.
3Francesco Geminiani was considered the ablest of the pupils of Corelli, and was born about 1680. When about twenty-four years of age he went to England, where his talent secured a great reputation for him, some people even declaring him to be superior, as a player, to Corelli. He lived to an advanced age, and was in Dublin visiting his pupil Dubourg at the time of his death. He was a man of unsettled habits, and was frequently in dire necessity, caused chiefly by his love of pictures, which led him into unwise purchases, and thus frequently into debt.
5About the year 1650 three violinists were born in Italy, who all left their mark upon the history of violin playing.
7Tommaso Vitali was born at Bologna, and was leader of the orchestra in that city, and later in Modena.
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