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the history of the violin, 1864

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1distinguished as a performer and composer for the instrument.
3Many performers towards the end of this century belonged equally to the former part of our present century, and will be mentioned in a future chapter; but we may name Baillot, who was born near Paris in 1771, and is known not only as one of the finest French players on the violin, but as the author of one of the best set of instructions for the instrument. Bonazzi, a clever player, who died in 1802, may be noticed from his having left a collection of not less than one thousand concertos, quintetts, and quartetts, by different composers, together with forty-two violins, by Stradiuarius, Guarnerius, Amati, and other great masters, of the estimated value of 6500 ducats.
5In the early part of the century, Forqueray, born at Paris in 1700, was the most skilful performer on the bass-viol of his time, as his father had been previously. Hawkins mentions Francheville as a fine performer on the viol da gamba at the Castle concerts; while at a later date Charles Franz, born 1738, and Antoine Lidl, are named as distinguished players on the baritone, or violoncelle d'amour. Franceschelli, in the early part of the century, was an excellent performer not only on the bass-viol, but on the violoncello, and was particularly admired for the manner in which he played the violoncello parts of Scarlatti's cantatas, which were so good that none but superior players could do them justice. Marc Antoine Bononcini, about the same time, was a fine performer, and is said to have been one of the first to show the capabilities of the instrument, and to make it sing, if we may use the expression. Giovanni Bononcini, the opponent of Handel, was also a good performer. The fine performance of two brothers called Saint-Sevin,

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