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the history of the violin, 1864
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1unrivalled as an English performer; while Carrodus has recently established his claim to stand in the first rank in the profession, and Sainton is now so domesticated with us, that we have placed him here instead of among the foreign players, and his skill and taste, not to be excelled in quartett or solo playing, are fully appreciated and admired by all lovers of music. Molique also may be considered as naturalized, distinguished alike for his theoretical as well as his practical talents. Moralt and Hill will be remembered as most skilful players on the tenor. Powell, Charles Ashley, and Crouch, together with Reinagle of Oxford, were among the leading performers on the violoncello, in the beginning of this century, and to the time of their respective deaths; but the unrivalled performer Robert Lindley stands alone as the master of this difficult instrument, whether from the grandeur and power of his tone, or the brilliancy of his execution; playing on strings of such size that can alone produce such body of sound, but which now unluckily are generally discarded in consequence of the greater facility afforded to the player by those of smaller size. He was born at Rotherham in Yorkshire, on the 4th of March, 1775, and showed his genius for music at a very early age, and, indeed, at the age of nine years played the violoncello in the Brighton and Lewes theatres; his brothers John and Charles being also in the orchestra. When he was of the age of twelve, he and his brothers, as violin and tenor, were frequently sent for when at Brighton, to play before the Prince of Wales, and at that time he could play all the usual solos or concertos for the violoncello. At the age of fifteen he commenced writing music for himself, and was anxious to get engaged at some of the professional concerts, but could not succeed until the following year, when on the morning of the second concert, the professor who was
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