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FAMOUS VIOLINISTS OF TO-DAY AND YESTERDAY, 1909
8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 82. See the scan on archive.org.
1Lafont's career came to a sudden end by the overturning of a carriage while on a concert tour in the south of France in 1839.
3He was one of the numerous violinists who challenged Paganini to an artistic duel, in which he got the worst of it, though his admirers accounted for his defeat by the fact that the contest took place at La Scala, in Milan, where the sympathy of the audience was in favour of the Italian virtuoso.
5Lafont was a prolific composer, but few of his works have survived. He was also the owner of a magnificent Guarnerius violin, which is now said to be the property of Adolf Brodsky.
7As a composer Spohr probably influenced the modern style of violin playing even more than as a player, for he lifted the concerto to the dignity of a work of art, whereas it had formerly been simply a show piece, though not always without merit. He set a great
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