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The story of the violin, 1904
8 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 240. See the scan on archive.org.
1Story of the Violin
3he was made a professor of the violin. He died in 1800, full of honours, admired and revered. The best known of his numerous pupils were: L'Abbé Robineau¹ and Capron, the teacher of Marie Alexandre Guénin (born 1744, died 1819).
5French violinists of reputation in their day were, further: Hippolite Barthelemon (1741-1808), also known in England for his fine rendering of Corelli; Isidore Berthaume (1752-1820), and his pupil, Jean Jacques Grosset, who succeeded Gaviniés at the Conservatoire; Mathieu Frédéric Blasius (died 1829), also professor at the Conservatoire; Alexandre Jean Boucher, a celebrity with a flaw, already mentioned; Hubert Julien (born 1749) and Guillaume de Navoigille (born 1745), Leblanc, and La Croix (1756-1812).
7¹ Alard's Maîtres Classiques.
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