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The violin and its music, 1885
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1long after, as a model of classical purity, not only in France, but in Germany and England. On Bailliot's return to France he held the post of leader of the Royal Orchestra, and also at the Opera. He died in 1842. His Violin works as given by Fétis, comprise Twenty-Four Preludes; a number of Airs with Variations; Nine Concertos; Three String Quartetts; Sonata for Piano and Violin; Twelve Violin Studies; Six Duetts for two Violins; and Fifteen String Trios.
3Pierre Rode was a native of Bordeaux, where he was born in 1774. He early became a pupil of Viotti. Although Rode was attached to the Conservatoire, his influence over the Violin playing of his time was effected more by the example he set in his public performances than by direct tuition. His professional engagements caused him to be long and frequently away from Paris, giving concerts in all the chief European cities. Teaching under these circumstances was not likely to benefit either master or pupil. His own solo-playing was, however, a most valuable lesson to advanced Violinists, and through them it has left an imperishable impression upon their art. The most notable instance of this is found in Louis Spohr. From Rode the great German Violinist obtained his earliest and best ideas of phrasing and polished playing generally. Remembering this fact, and the development that attended the School of Violin playing which Spohr may be said to have inaugu-
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