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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
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7Diminutive
8Fidicula
10Southern Group (Low Latin)
11Fidiula or Fidiula (also Vitula, Vidula, Vidella, Figella, etc.)
13Provençal Viola
14Italian Viola
15French Viole
16English Viol
18Diminutive Violino
19Fr. Violon
21Northern Group (Old French)
22Fideille
24Mediæval French Vielle (Viella)
25Anglo-Saxon Fithele
26Scottish Fithel
27Mediæval English Fidel
28Modern English Fiddle
29High German Fiedel
30Low German Vedel
32Augmentative Violone
33Diminutive Violoncello
35Probably 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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