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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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1element gave a polish almost cloying; supported, as it was, by dignity and elevation of style. But it was reserved for his pupil to develope a concentrated energy and subtle delicacy, set off by a subdued pathos; qualities which, in combination, served as an admirable example for the after school to follow, engendering refinement both as to subject and mode of treatment. Indeed the questions of composition and performance became, as it were, blended here.
3In the works of Rode we discern decided genius. His concertos will be prized so long as the violin is played. One of these (No. 7) in A minor, has been introduced as a model for study by Spohr in his Violin School. But, to our thinking, the one (No. 8) in E minor is the crowning work. The opening subject has a melancholy grandeur about it that strikes the fancy at once; though it must be admitted that the second subject (in the relative major key) hardly rises so high, being rather French in character. Still, the movement as a whole
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