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The violin and its music, 1885
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1The King of Sardinia's chapel-master, Lorenzo Somis, held a high position among the Violinists of his time. He was born at Piedmont towards the end of the seventeenth century, and was the instructor of his nephew Charbran, and Pugnani, also of Giardini, to whom we will now refer. This famous player was born at Turin in the year 1716. He studied music at Milan, where he was a chorister at the Cathedral. Ultimately selecting the Violin as his instrument, he studied the solos of Corelli, under his master, Somis. In the year 1750 Giardini arrived in London, and played at a benefit concert at the "Little Theatre in the Haymarket," a solo by San-Martini; of this performance Dr. Burney remarks, that "the applause was so long and loud, that I never remember to have heard such hearty and unequivocal marks of approbation at any other musical performance whatever." Received by the British musical public with such warmth, Giardini decided to pursue his art among his ardent admirers. Four years after his arrival he secured the post of leader of the opera orchestra, and shortly after shared the management of the whole undertaking. After remaining in England thirty-four years, Giardini went to Naples, under the patronage of Sir William Hamilton, but returned to this country a few years after, to find the field occupied by others. In ill health, and rendered weaker by disappointment, he was no longer able to compete with talented artists fresh from their studies and full of ambition.
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