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The heart of music : the story of the violin, 1906
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1instead of doing it honour. He made history instead of illuminating it, and established forms and styles instead of improving upon them. Although, like Zanetto, he excelled in tenors and the larger variations of the violin maker's craft, his work permanently influenced subsequent fiddle makers and made a sharp and individual mark upon the development of the violin.
3It is a source of regret to music lovers that we know so little of the personal life of this giant master,—known to us as Gasparo da Salò,—who took his place so vigorously and brilliantly in the history of viol music. He was born at Salò, a tiny village flung down on the shores of the blue lake of Garda. He made all the varieties of the instruments of the viol family, but to-day the only really valued monuments to his skill or talent are his tenors and double basses. In the making of these no one has ever eclipsed him. His tenors are a trifle large for complete ease in execution, but they are extraordinary in quality and bring fabulous sums on any such rare occasion as may find one upon the market. His instruments were remarkable, among other reasons, for his extraordinary varnish, which was almost black, and very rich and heavy. The effect was superb, and the formula was
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