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The story of the violin, 1904
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1CHAPTER XVIII.
3AMATI SCHOOL.
5Many were the pupils¹ and imitators of the Amati school, as might be expected from the fame of these masters and the supremacy they exercised during four generations, and also considering how popular the violin was already by the middle and end of the seventeenth century, not alone in Italy, but in Germany, France, and the Netherlands. Four or five of even the most industrious workers could never have supplied the ever-increasing demand for instruments. So we find, at first gravitating towards Cremona and presently radiating, chiefly from Nicolaus's workshop and spreading in all directions, the best fiddle-making talent. Soon there is hardly a larger-sized town in North and Middle Italy which cannot boast some violin-maker, who directly or indirectly benefited from the Cremonese master, and in his turn perpetuated the received traditions to the best of his
7¹ For the names of the imitators and pupils of the Amati school, see Appendix.
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