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The heart of music; the story of the violin, 1906
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1VII. — The Dark Days
3OUR next step onward shows us a curious parting of the ways so far as violin history is concerned. Hitherto the varying opinions held by learned persons regarding the origin of the queen of instruments have been more or less negative, or at least nominal, quantities. We could accept whichever we chose without leaving our direct path of research. But after the Roman era the points in question become strangely active, each requiring a separate attention and a faithful lamp of inquiry. There are three theories concerning the growth and development of the violin: the first, that it grew directly from Roman and Greek instruments, without external augmentation; the second, that it owes its debt of parentage paramountly to the crwth of the early Britons; the third, that it was introduced into Europe during the Crusades and was of frankly Oriental origin. It will be seen readily that it is necessary to consider these three propositions with uniform respect.
5If we consider the first theory alone, we must confine ourselves to the region of the Roman
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