Books › FAMOUS VIOLINISTS OF TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY, 1909 › scan 49
Scan 49
FAMOUS VIOLINISTS OF TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY, 1909
4 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 41. See the scan on archive.org.
1Giuseppe Torelli was leader of a church orchestra in Bologna, and afterwards accepted the post of leader of the band of the Markgraf of Brandenburg-Anspach, at Anspach, in Germany. To him is generally ascribed the invention of the "Concerto."
3Antonio Vivaldi was the son of a violinist, and sought his fortune in Germany, but returned to his native city in 1713. He wrote extensively for the violin, and is said to have added something to the development of its technique. An anecdote is told of him to the effect that one day during mass a theme for a fugue struck him. He immediately quitted the altar at which he was officiating, for he united clerical with musical duties, and, hastening to the sacristy to write down the theme, afterwards returned and finished the mass. For this he was brought before the Inquisition, but being considered only as a "musician," a term synonymous with "madman," the sentence was mild,
The computer misreads some letters and numbers. Where a name matters to you, read the scan.