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Scan 53
The story of the violin, 1904
6 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1Story of the Violin
3ment have found in the Egyptian or Assyrian temples, in the divine, symbolic services of the Hebrews or the Greek Hellenic and Corinthian plays?
5If, then, bowed instruments were altogether heterogeneous to the idiosyncrasies of some nations, were not to be infused into their national, social, and religious life, but held in contempt or aversion, can we expect that their sculptors and artists should have wished to perpetuate their memory and use in works of art? The answer is obvious. Turning to India with this idea before us, it may become clear why bowed instruments should have found here an abiding home at least, if not an exalted position like the vina.
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