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Old Violins And Their Makers, 1883
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1The Names of the Gents of his Majesties Private Musick paid out of the Exchequer:
3<table>
4 <tr>
5 <th></th>
6 <th></th>
7 <th>£</th>
8 <th>s.</th>
9 <th>d.</th>
10 </tr>
11 <tr>
12 <td>Tho. Purcell</td>
13 <td></td>
14 <td>200</td>
15 <td>0</td>
16 <td>0</td>
17 </tr>
18 <tr>
19 <td>Pelham Humphreys</td>
20 <td></td>
21 <td>200</td>
22 <td>0</td>
23 <td>0</td>
24 </tr>
25 <tr>
26 <td>John Hardinge</td>
27 <td>…..</td>
28 <td>40</td>
29 <td>0</td>
30 <td>0</td>
31 </tr>
32 <tr>
33 <td>William Hawes</td>
34 <td>…..</td>
35 <td>46</td>
36 <td>10</td>
37 <td>10</td>
38 </tr>
39 <tr>
40 <td>Tho. Blagrave, sen.</td>
41 <td>…</td>
42 <td>40</td>
43 <td>9</td>
44 <td>2</td>
45 </tr>
46 <tr>
47 <td>Alf. Marsh</td>
48 <td>………</td>
49 <td>40</td>
50 <td>0</td>
51 <td>0</td>
52 </tr>
53 <tr>
54 <td>John Goodgroome</td>
55 <td>..</td>
56 <td>40</td>
57 <td>0</td>
58 <td>0</td>
59 </tr>
60 <tr>
61 <td>Nat. Wattkins</td>
62 <td>…..</td>
63 <td>40</td>
64 <td>0</td>
65 <td>0</td>
66 </tr>
67 <tr>
68 <td>Mat. Lock</td>
69 <td>………</td>
70 <td>40</td>
71 <td>0</td>
72 <td>0</td>
73 </tr>
74 <tr>
75 <td>John Clayton</td>
76 <td>………</td>
77 <td>152</td>
78 <td>13</td>
79 <td>4</td>
80 </tr>
81 <tr>
82 <td>Izaack Stagins, sen.</td>
83 <td>46</td>
84 <td>10</td>
85 <td>10</td>
86 <td></td>
87 </tr>
88 <tr>
89 <td>Nich Stagins, jun.</td>
90 <td>..</td>
91 <td>46</td>
92 <td>10</td>
93 <td>10</td>
94 </tr>
95</table>
97<table>
98 <tr>
99 <th></th>
100 <th></th>
101 <th>£</th>
102 <th>s.</th>
103 <th>d.</th>
104 </tr>
105 <tr>
106 <td>Tho. Battes</td>
107 <td>……..</td>
108 <td>90</td>
109 <td>0</td>
110 <td>0</td>
111 </tr>
112 <tr>
113 <td>J. Lilly</td>
114 <td>…………</td>
115 <td>40</td>
116 <td>0</td>
117 <td>0</td>
118 </tr>
119 <tr>
120 <td>Hen. Gregory</td>
121 <td>……</td>
122 <td>60</td>
123 <td>0</td>
124 <td>0</td>
125 </tr>
126 <tr>
127 <td>Theop. Hills</td>
128 <td>……..</td>
129 <td>46</td>
130 <td>10</td>
131 <td>10</td>
132 </tr>
133 <tr>
134 <td>Hen. Madge</td>
135 <td>……..</td>
136 <td>86</td>
137 <td>12</td>
138 <td>8</td>
139 </tr>
140 <tr>
141 <td>John Gambell</td>
142 <td>……</td>
143 <td>46</td>
144 <td>10</td>
145 <td>0</td>
146 </tr>
147 <tr>
148 <td>Rich. Dorney</td>
149 <td>……</td>
150 <td>20</td>
151 <td>0</td>
152 <td>0</td>
153 </tr>
154 <tr>
155 <td>John Bannister, sen.</td>
156 <td>….</td>
157 <td>100</td>
158 <td>0</td>
159 <td>0</td>
160 </tr>
161 <tr>
162 <td>Phil. Beckett</td>
163 <td>……..</td>
164 <td>60</td>
165 <td>2</td>
166 <td>6</td>
167 </tr>
168 <tr>
169 <td>Rob. Blagrave, jun.</td>
170 <td>….</td>
171 <td>58</td>
172 <td>4</td>
173 <td>2</td>
174 </tr>
175 <tr>
176 <td>John Singleton</td>
177 <td>……</td>
178 <td>46</td>
179 <td>10</td>
180 <td>10</td>
181 </tr>
182 <tr>
183 <td>Rob. Strange</td>
184 <td>……</td>
185 <td>46</td>
186 <td>10</td>
187 <td>10</td>
188 </tr>
189</table>
19115th May, 1674.
193(Signed) T. Purcell.
195Perhaps the greatest impulse which the study of the violin then received in this country was given by Thomas Balzar, a Swede, who came over to England in 1656, and created a great sensation by his performances. An account of one of these is given by John Evelyn: "This night I was invited by Roger L'Estrange to hear the incomparable Lubicer"—Balzar was a native of Lubeck—"on the violin. His variety on a few notes and plaine ground with that wonderful dexterity was admirable. Tho' a young man, yet so perfect and skillful that there was nothing, however cross and perplext, brought to him by our artists which he did not play off at sight with ravishing sweetness and improvements to the astonishment of our best masters. In sum, he played on that single instrument a full concert, so as the rest flung down their instruments acknowledging the victory. As to my own particular, I stand to this hour amazed that God should give so greate perfection to so young a person. There were at that time as excelient in their profession as any were thought
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