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The heart of music; the story of the violin, 1921
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1The Heart of Music
3the marriage of Joanna of Austria with Francesco de' Medici, and introduced four "violini," one "basso di viola," one "soprano di viola," and one "viola d'arco." The effect was rich and musical, but utterly lacking in brilliancy, and the "violini," or smaller violins, were too piercing to be entirely pleasant. How far the efforts of these and contemporary composers may have influenced Andrea Amati and his two sons in their work it is hard to say, but it may safely be stated that Nicolo Amati's violins were directly an outcome of the musical ambitions of Claudio Monteverde.
5This brilliant composer was born in Cremona in the year 1568. He thus knew all the Amati violin makers, though while he was still quite a little boy of nine or ten years old Andrea died. The brothers Antonio and Geronimo were fifteen and eighteen years older than he, and took an interest in the gifted lad. He early imbibed the passionate worship of the violin, which flooded all Cremona, and while still very young entered the service of the Duke of Mantua as a violist. There he was taught to play by the Maestro di Capella, Marc Antonio Ignegneri, and incidentally learned composition as well. This last was to be his life-work, though he never took the trouble to write correctly or harmonically and was more inter-
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