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The heart of music; the story of the violin, 1906
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1The Heart of Music
3improvement or progression beyond the crude Chaldean instruments, should be chosen by so many wise persons as the recognised parent stem of the whole violin family. This theory is most clearly presented by the following table compiled by Mr. Payne:
5LATIN FIDES: A STRING
6Diminutive
7Fidicula
9Southern Group (Low Latin)
10Fidiula or Fídiula (also Vitula, Vidula, Vidella, Figella, etc.) one of two readings
11Fidiula or Fidiula (also Vitula, Vidula, Vidella, Figella, etc.) one of two readings
13Northern Group (Old French)
14Fideille
16Mediæval French Vielle (Viella)
17Anglo-Saxon Fithele
18Mediæval English Fidel
19High German Fiedel
21Provençal Viola Viula
22Italian Viola
23French Viole
24English Viol
26Diminutive Violino Fr. Violon
28Augmentative Violone
29Diminutive Violoncello
31Probably the most ignoble, but at the same time the most conspicuous era of the fidicula, was the reign of Nero. To that marvellous
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