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The violin and its music, 1881
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1Section VII.—The Violin in France.
3CHAPTER II.
5WITH the establishment of the Lenten Concerts in Paris, to which the name Spirituel Concert was given, music in France entered upon a new and wider field. The abilities of musicians had hitherto been exercised in connection with the Court, where oftentimes they failed to receive that recognition they merited, in consequence of the influence of officials and others having possession of the royal ear. The Spirituel Concert enabled the musician to appeal to the suffrages of a musical public, which was at once beneficial to him and to his art. It was Anne Danican Philidor, the son of the famous Musician and Chess player, who obtained permission, in 1725, to give these concerts during Lent. The first programme, dated March 18th, 1725, contains Corelli's Eighth Concerto, which admirably marks the earnestness of Philidor's purpose in leading the public taste in the right direction. The concerts were given in the Salle des Suisses of the Tuileries. In the year 1733, the Italian Violinist,
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