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Le luthier de Cremone et Le tresor, 1896
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1Le Luthier de Crémone Notes, 335-491
3335. en, like a.
5360. la, i.e. the musical note of that name, equivalent to A natural. "The sixth note of the ut-scale. The second string of some instruments, for instance the violin" (Littré).
7367. En sol, i.e. in the key of G. Cf. 360. Corelli (1653-1713), a celebrated composer for the violin as well as the most noted player upon that instrument in his time.
9375. paria, outcast. Properly the name of the lowest Hindoo caste, and so of doubtful propriety in the Italy of 1750, where it might indeed be known but hardly familiar. Observe that in this couplet d'hier is two syllables and fier one. This is a metrical blemish. Cp. 471, 472, and the following note.
11388, 389. Note the enjambement, or lack of rhetorical pause, after parmi. This metrical blemish is more common in modern than in classical French poetry.
13432. avorton, misshapen one.
15452. autre, i.e. than Sandro. He is overwhelmed by the thought that some other man might win Giannina, and so his own renunciation be vain.
17461. jury, judges, a word foreign to the Italy of 1750. Cp. 375.
19468. tenir autant au, cling so to.
21471, 472. Note the change in pronunciation required by the rhyme. Cp. 375.
23478. Quadruple croche, "quadruple crochet," "hemi-demi-semi-quaver," the shortest musical note. Hence in exclamation "Hurry up," or "Double quick."
25481. les profanes, etc., the uninitiated may rub their fine resin on their fiddle bows, and yet . . .
27485. ribambelle, crowd. Familiar and usually contemptuous.
29486. chapelle, band, "musicians in a chapel," "chapel."
31488. poudré, etc. His powdered wig resembled an apple-tree in blossom.
33491. Euterpe, muse of instrumental music who was said to
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