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The heart of music; the story of the violin, 1906
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1The Heart of Music
3the strings at will. The corner blocks, Mr. Payne and others are inclined to believe, came from Germany and not until the fifteenth century. They were directly the outcome of a desire to strengthen the instrument for the increasing strain of tense strings, and probably were first introduced by one of the famous old lute-making families of Saxony, like the Tieffenbrückers or their forerunners.
5The first troubadour who achieved any sort of fame, or left any illustrious record behind him, the first swallow of the long Troubadour's Summer, which lasted from 1096 (about the time of the First Crusade) to 1294, was Guillaume de Poitiers, ninth Duke of Aquitaine, born in 1071. Whether or not he played the viol, however, is not known. He is only described as being skilled in the lute and lyre. This too is true of Regnault de Coucy, Bernart de Ventadorn, "Adenés li Rois," Bertrand de Born, and the rest of the melody makers of those first dim days in lyric history.
7When the Church's edict became enforced in the thirteenth century in Spain, many of the Spanish troubadours travelled into France and Italy and became wandering players. With his viol on his back and a good nag beneath him, the troubadour journeyed from town to town and
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