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Old Violins And Their Makers, 1883
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1relating to the pre-violin era, and it will be convenient now to drop the chronological order and adopt that of "schools," as it is called. Although the period of activity of Andreas Amati (the founder of the Cremona school) is accorded a somewhat earlier date than that of Gasparo da Salò, of Brescia, a nominal precedence is generally given to the latter, probably for the reason that the Kerlino before mentioned was said to have hailed from that town about a century previous to the accepted date of the birth of the Cremona school, and that his is the first name encountered in such records of the art as have from time to time been compiled.
3Brescia, at the time Gasparo da Salò and Maggini worked in it, was a lively, busy town about three miles in circumference, situated in a plain at the foot of the adjoining mountains, and watered by the little river Garza, whose stream was led through almost all the streets by means of an aqueduct constructed by Didier, a King of the Lombards. It had a tower—and perhaps has it still—called Pallada (in which were all the principal clocks of the town), and a magnificent palace, in which all sorts of business was transacted. The houses were built very close to each other, and the town had fine walls, with five gates, a well-furnished arsenal, and a fine castle, built on a rock, which commanded the whole place. Indeed, it was, for a long period, quite a place of war, and most unfortunate in its annals, having been frequently subjugated by different conquerors, and put to fire and sword. Its chronicles teem with murder, rapine, and desolation. At the time of Gasparo da Salò it was under the domination of the Venetians, had about 50,000 inhabitants, and was celebrated then for its
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