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The history of the Violin, and other instruments played on with the bow from the remotest times to the present: also, an account of the principal makers, english and foreign, with numerous illustrations, 1864
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1makers at Brescia and in Germany prior to and contemporary with those in Cremona. It must be observed, however, that the lute and viol makers of England, in olden times, were considered of high repute, and were competent themselves to introduce improvements in their instruments, and fiddles, as before-mentioned, were in use in our country in the time of Queen Elizabeth. The English makers are alluded to by Vincentio Galilei, the father of the great Galileo, in his work "Dialogo della Musica," where, according to Sir J. Hawkins' "History of Music," (Novello's edition, p. 404), he remarks, that in his time (1583) the best lutes were made in England. Yet it does not appear that they have kept to "Schools" connected with the chief makers in the art to the same extent as in Italy; consequently there is some difficulty in tracing the style from Jacob Rayman (1641), Thomas Urquhart (1650), and Edward Pamphilon (1685), the earliest makers of violins-proper known in England, to the time of Norris (1818), and Barnes and old John Betts (1823), which may be considered to terminate the chain; however, an endeavour will be made to accomplish this desired end, by comparing the style and character of the work of each maker, assisted by the dates at which they lived. In the perusal of the following pages it will be seen that many of the persons who are there taken notice of, have been prompted to try their skill as violin makers by the love of, or from being connected with music, and have been thus induced both to repair and make instruments.
3The earliest authenticated name that comes down to us as a maker of viols in our country is Richard Hume, or Home, 1535; and it is stated in "Dauney's Ancient Scotch Melodies" that he was the great viol maker in Edinburgh, although an Englishman, and then had a
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