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The story of the violin, 1904
6 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 272. See the scan on archive.org.
1Story of the Violin
3others would have, in any case, been too tempting for a young generation to resist long; but the strides which technique had made almost demanded outlets other than the Church offered, and forms other than those the Church had sanctioned and made popular. Moreover, halls exclusively devoted to the cultivation of instrumental music became more and more general in Italy, as elsewhere, and in the absence of concert-halls, people went to the theatre to hear their great violinists; so the latter became estranged from the old nurseries of their art, and the voice of the violin ceased to be an essential part of the Church services.
5The growing supremacy of Germany in matters musical, Haydn's revolutionary influence on chamber and orchestral music, the increase of orchestras everywhere, and the steady increase of players who never had known the privilege of laying down their best at the altar of the Highest, who grew up with (in Protestant Germany) very different ideas of the best use of their kingly instrument—all tended to dethrone the sonata di chiesa and set the concerto in its place.
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