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The violin and its music, 1881
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1and mention of a few of these compositions will be sufficient to call to the minds of those familiar with them their singular merit. First, the Studies on the Positions; in these the display of ingenuity coupled with effects of modulation, are unsurpassed by any work having a similar aim. The student is at once interested with the numerous devices the composer adopts in order to develop a knowledge of each position, and charmed with the graceful modulation. In the work on the "Art of Improvising Fantasias and Cadences," Op. 17, we find the knowledge of the positions brought into use without restriction to any particular one, but the student is carried through all with great skill. The Thirty Preludes in all the keys, Op. 12, a work designed for making the player correct in intonation, is another valuable addition to music of the educational class. The Studies for the Viola, Op. 22, is a work of importance in the meagre catalogue of Viola music. The collection of 101 Easy Pieces for two Violins, Op. 23, contains much that is valuable for teaching; and lastly the Instruction Book. Passing to the compositions of Campagnoli of another character, Six Fugues; Concerto with Orchestra; Sonatas for Violin and Bass, Ops. 1 and 6, may be mentioned.
3Luigi Borghi, a pupil of Pugnani, was long in London. We find him mentioned as leader of the Second Violins at the Handel Commemoration, in 1784, at Westminster Abbey. The Duetts and Sonatas of Borghi were long popular among
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