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The story of the violin, 1904
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1Story of the Violin
3CHAPTER III.
4A FAMILY LIKENESS.
5Possibly a lowly grandsire of the king of instruments—The bow—Claims more closely examined—Some historians' objections—Tradition and conservatism in Eastern countries—Other bowed instruments in India—Much speculation—Have no other nations known bowed instruments? ………………………………………….. 10
7CHAPTER IV.
8THE OLD NATIONS.
9Reason for absence of historical proof—Assyrian bas-reliefs—Instruments sanctioned by religious tradition in Egypt—Idiosyncrasies of some nations ………………………………………….. 17
11CHAPTER V.
12A WANDERING.
13The tone of the ravanastron—Hindoo's love for it—Indebted to Persians and Arabs—Music with the sword—Improvements and spreading of music—Tradition spinning her eternal threads ………………………………………….. 21
15CHAPTER VI.
16MUSIC IN GENERAL IN THE FIRST CENTURIES A.D.
17The first fair flower of the spirit—Primitive beginnings—The early Christians sang—The third and fourth centuries—The first singing-school—A poor Cinderella—Gladiators, his-trions, jongleurs, etc. ………………………………………….. 25
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