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Scan 144
John Askew, the Stanhope violin maker, 1914
15 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 114. See the scan on archive.org.
1of books, and in every way a gentleman as set forth in the following lines by Prior:—
3 Though doomed to small-coal, yet to arts allied,
4 Rich without wealth, and famous without pride,
5 Music's best patron, judge of books and men,
6 Beloved and honoured by Apollo's Train.
7 In Greece or Rome, sure never did appear,
8 So bright a genius in so dark a sphere!
9 More of the man had probably been saved
10 Had Kneller painted, and had Vertue graved.
12Sadler's Wells, 1682, called after Mr. Sadler. who built an orchestra to entertain the invalids who used the waters medicinally became a popular rendezvous for musicians. Nancy Dawson was figure dancer here, and joining the Covent Garden Theatre in 1759, made a reputation by dancing the hornpipe in the Beggar's Opera.
14From the time of Charles II. to the early part of the 18th century it will be seen that the English violin-maker had come to stay, and equally so the composer of music for this instrument whilst we find many popular violinists. Having glanced at the "Coming of the Violin," the writer may say that it is not within the province of this little book to deal with the host of violinists and musicians which indelibly mark the 17th and 18th centuries.
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