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The violin and its music, 1885
4 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 202. See the scan on archive.org.
1have not met with any critical remarks in reference to these trios, neither am I able to give any clue to the whereabouts of any copies. Judging from the character of Pergolesi's ecclesiastical music, they are doubtless graced with melody in its tenderest mood. Pergolesi gained lasting fame when he composed his "Stabat Mater," and secured for himself a place among the curiosities of musical literature when he sold it for a trifle less than half the pittance Milton received for his "Paradise Lost," some thirty-five shillings!!
3Again it is necessary to turn to Venice. The reader is already acquainted with much of the great work accomplished by the musicians of the Venetian States. Each step we take in our enquiries, Venetian excellence in composition, executive ability, and instrument manufacture, becomes more manifest. In scanning the list of Italian musicians, and glancing at the accounts furnished of their careers, Venice and the Chapel of St. Mark, Brescia, Bergamo, and Mantua recur again and again. Baptista Vivaldi, the father of Antonio Vivaldi, Corelli's famous contemporary, was a Violinist at St. Mark's; Antonio Vivaldi, after passing some time in the service of Philip, Elector of Hesse Darmstadt, returned to Venice in 1713, and obtained the appointment of director of the Musical Academy, which he held to the end of his life in 1743. He is said to have been an excellent Violinist; the name of Vivaldi is yet green in the memories of our country cousins as
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