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The Violin and its Music, 1881
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1physician, surgeon, and apothecary for the use of all that wanted their assistance."
3It was not until the year 1700 that Corelli's famous solos appeared, the work above all others which has influenced the art of Violin playing. They were dedicated to Sophia Charlotte, Electress of Bradenburg, the grandmother of Frederick the Great, and were probably composed during Corelli's stay in Germany, but their publication deferred until he had gained renown. That he played them himself publicly on special occasions is known, and that he regarded them with feelings of satisfaction seems clear from his having taken three years to revise and correct them. Giardini expressed himself to Dr. Burney in the following words, relative to these solos: "That of any two pupils of equal age and disposition, if the one was to begin his studies by Corelli, and the other by Geminiani or any other eminent master whatever, I am sure that the first would become the best performer." That Giardini was correct in his judgment on this point there is not a shadow of doubt.
5We now reach the period of Corelli's visit to Naples, about the year 1708; it was here that he met Scarlatti. Dr. Burney, upon the authority of a nameless friend, in whose judgment and probity he tells us he had the most perfect reliance, gives an account of Corelli at Naples, which is said to have been furnished to the Doctor's anonymous acquaintance by Geminiani five or six years before that
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