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Famous violinists of to-day and yesterday, 1925
8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 80. See the scan on archive.org.
1we should assuredly have been lost." "Yes," said the composer, "I know it well," accompanying his words with an expression of countenance betokening suspicion of Habeneck's honesty of purpose. The violinist little dreamed that this gratification of his weakness for snuff-taking would be regarded in the pages of Berlioz's Memoirs as having been indulged in from base motives.
3Habeneck died in 1849. He published only a few of his compositions.
5One of the most eminent violinists of the French school, who flourished during the early part of the nineteenth century, was Charles Philippe Lafont. Besides brilliant technical capabilities he had a sympathetic tone and a most elegant style, and these qualities gave him a very high position in the ranks of performers.
7Lafont was born at Paris, December 7, 1781, and received his first lessons from his mother, who afterward placed him under her
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