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The violin and its music, 1881
4 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 228. See the scan on archive.org.
1of the old masters—has used this Lullaby in his collection of early and famous Violin writings, transforming the Bass into an accompaniment for the Pianoforte. The Violin compositions of Barbella comprise Six Duetts for two Violins, Op. 1, 3; and Six Sonatas, an example of which is contained in M. Alard's "Les Maltres Classiques."
3At Bergamo was born in the year 1728, the clever though eccentric Violinist, Antonio Lolli, the master of Jarnowick and Waldemar. In 1762 Lolli entered the service of the Duke of Wurtemburg at Stuttgart, where he remained about nine years. His appearance at the court of the Duke has been made to serve the purpose of associating him with one of those seemingly inevitable romantic Fiddle contests which occupy so much of the historical notices of Violinists, that often after subjecting the whole to a gentle sifting, all else but the name and date have escaped through the "interstices between the intersections" of my sieve. This particular contest appears to have had its origin in Lolli's meeting with Nardini, whom the eccentric Violinist discovered to be an antagonist of no slight parts. With commendable judgment he came to the conclusion that he was not in form to do battle, and requested leave of absence from his patron the Duke. This conceded, he retires to a secluded village—a step in perfect harmony with that in vogue with the professors of the noble art of self-defence—and undergoes a course of training. This concluded, Lolli returns to his post at
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