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The Violin and its Music, 1881
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1Jerningham, entered into an arrangement with William Forster, the Violin-maker, then living in Duke's Court, St. Martin's Lane, contracting to send him certain Sonatas, Trios, and Symphonies for the sum of seventy pounds. It is interesting to find that a well-known English maker of Violins was among the earliest publishers of Haydn's works, and thus helped to spread the fame of the illustrious composer in Great Britain.
3There was, however, one man who conferred greater benefits on Haydn and the whole musical world, than Forster, Artaria, and all Haydn's publishers combined: I refer to Johann Peter Salomon, the Violinist, born at Bonn in 1745. Shortly after his arrival in London he found himself the chief of an influential circle of amateurs and musicians, and resolved to use his position to the advancement of the musical art in England by instituting concerts for the performance of high-class music. The project, boldly conceived, was carried out with proportionate vigour. In December 1790, Salomon went to Vienna, and engaged Haydn to compose and conduct Six Symphonies for his forthcoming concerts. It happened that Haydn's patron, Prince Nicolaus Esterhazy, died a few weeks previous to Salomon's visit to Vienna: the composer was thus free to act as he liked. Haydn, prior to this, had received a pressing invitation to London from W. Cramer, offering to engage him at any cost. Salomon decided upon trying what a special
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