Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

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Prominent women performers in voice, piano and violin, born since 1840, 1918

20 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.

1is unaffected and calm in her playing, yet has a spirit and a personal charm, which delight her hearers".
3MARIE SOLDAT
5Marie Soldat was born at Gratz Germany in 1864. She is the daughter of a musician, who instructed her on the piano from her fifth year.
7In 1871, when she was only seven years of age, she took her father's place as organist in a church. When she was ten, she played one of Vieuxtemps pieces in concert at the musical union. At the age of eleven she went on a tour as a concert violinist.
9In 1889, she married Herr Roger and is now known as Mme. Soldat-Roger.
11She toured Europe and formed a string quartet of women in Berlin, which appeared in all the principal cities of Germany.
13CAMILLA URSO
15Camilla Urso was born at Nantes, France, of Italian parents. She descended from a family of musicians. She was a superior child in every way. Her lessons started when she was only six years old.
17After a year of study, she had mastered the violin and made a great sensation playing in public. She studied later in Paris at the Conservatory.
19At the age of ten, her parents brot her to the United States after touring France and Germany. She afterwards toured Australia and South Africa. She was the most prominent of the French violinists.

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