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The heart of music; the story of the violin, 1921
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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 Fidiula (also Vitula, Vidula, Vidella, Figella, etc.)
11 Provençal Viola Viula
12 Italian Viola
13 French Viole
14 English Viol
16Northern Group (Old French) Fideille
17Mediæval French Vielle (Viella)
18Anglo-Saxon Fithele
19Scottish Fithel
20Mediæval English Fidel
21Modern English Fiddle
22High German Fiedel
23Low German Vedel
25Diminutive Violino Fr. Violon
26Augmentative Violone
27Diminutive Violoncello
29Probably 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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