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The violin and its music, 1885
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1phonies for strings and wind, and six Quintetts with two Flutes.
3Emanuele Barbella was a Violinist of the school of Tartini. He commenced the study of his instrument in his seventh year, under the guidance of his father, Francesco Barbella, afterwards becoming a pupil of Bini. He was a friend and correspondent of Dr. Burney's, and supplied the musical historian with much interesting information relative to Italian music and musicians. In one of his communications to Burney he gave a short account of his musical life, after naming the eminent masters under whom he had studied he ends with singular modesty, saying, "Yet, notwithstanding these advantages, Barbella is a mere ass, who knows nothing." I
5Tinna nonna, per prender sonno.
7Barbella.
9Larghetto.
11Sempre legato e sotto voce
13have before remarked, genius is rarely unaccompanied with modesty, and Barbella is an instance of its truth. The exquisite "Lullaby," or Cradle Song, an extract from which I have here inserted, helps us to gauge the depth of his musical soul and learning. The French Violinist, Deldevez—he who first directed the attention of Violinists to the forgotten treasures
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