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Famous violinists of to-day and yesterday, 1925
8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 32. See the scan on archive.org.
1on being asked the reason, answered that "he feared the music might interrupt the conversation."
3Corelli was a man of gentle disposition and simple habits. His plainness of dress and freedom from ostentation gave the impression that he was parsimonious, and Handel says of him that "he liked nothing better than seeing pictures without paying for it, and saving money." He was also noted for his objection to riding in carriages.
5He lived on terms of intimacy with the leading artists of his time, and had a great fondness for pictures, of which he had a valuable collection. These he left at his death to Cardinal Ottoboni.
7It was at Cardinal Ottoboni's that Corelli became acquainted with Handel, and at one of the musical evenings there a "Serenata," written by the latter, was performed. Corelli does not seem to have played it according to the ideas of the composer, for Handel,
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