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the history of the violin, 1864
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1wind instruments introduced; the salaries are not particularised, but the total is 69,482 livres. Un directeur, un adjoint, 24 violons, 7 flutes & hautbois, 2 clarinettes, 2 cors, 2 trompettes, 5 bassons, 6 alto, 10 basses, 4 contrebasses. The tymbales, trombones, tambourins, hautbois de foret, &c., were filled by some of the above.
3The eloquent preacher, Bourdelot, was a performer on the violin, and there is an interesting anecdote of him in that capacity related by Spence. He was appointed to preach on Good-Friday, and the proper officer to attend him to church having arrived at his house, was directed to go to the study for him. As he approached he heard the sound of a violin, and the door being open a little way, saw Bourdelot stripped to his cassock playing a brisk tune on the instrument, and dancing about the room. He was much surprised, and knocked at the door, when the distinguished divine laid down his instrument, and putting on his gown, told the officer with his usual composed look that he was ready to attend him. On their way, his companion expressed to Bourdelot his surprise at what he had seen, who replied that he might be, unless made acquainted with his practice on these occasions. On thinking over the intended subject of his discourse, he found he was too depressed to treat it as he ought, and thus had recourse to his usual method—some music, with a little bodily exercise—and thus put himself into a proper frame of mind to enable him to go with pleasure to what would otherwise have been a work of pain and labour to him. It would be presumptuous in us even to hint at the adoption of such a course by any of our own spiritual pastors.
5In the beginning of this century, Pere Tardieu de Tarascon is said to have introduced the violoncello as an accompaniment in the place of the viol da gamba, or
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