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Musical notes. I. The great composers. II. Violinists and the violin. III. The violin and its history, 1869
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1present day serve as models for modern students of that instrument.
3We commence, then, with G. B. Viotti, as the first violinist of his age, and the originator of the modern style. We learn that he was born in 1755 at Fontaneto, a small village in Piedmont. His progress under his master (Pugnani) was rapid; so much so that at 20 years of age he received the appointment of first violin to the Chapel of Turin. At the expiration of three years, he travelled, first to Berlin and afterwards to Paris, where his arrival produced a prodigious sensation. The Parisians had been accustomed for ten years to the ephemeral and shallow pretensions of Jarnovick, whose music soon became extinct when brought into contact with that of his superior rival. The qualities of Viotti as a composer were no less conspicuous than those displayed in his performances. In fact, his concertos were as superior to those which had been previously heard, as his execution surpassed that of all his predecessors and rivals. As a performer, he was distinguished
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