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The violin and its music, 1885
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1until his death in 1800. Among his published Violin works are Six Concertos; Six Sonatas for Violin, with Bass; Six ditto, Op. 3; and the Twenty-four Studies. There is also a posthumous set of Three Sonatas, published by Naderman in 1801.
3André Noel Pagin, born in Paris 1721, was a Violinist of some celebrity. He was a pupil of Tartini's, and was, no doubt, imbued with the style of his great master. That he delighted in Tartini's music is evident from his determination to publicly perform it upon every occasion; this gave his brother musicians in Paris great offence, and caused them to degrade themselves and their art by hissing Pagin at the next concert at which he appeared. This conduct naturally wounded the feelings of Pagin, and led to his retirement from public playing. I find in Mozart's Violin School, revised by Wolde-mar, an Air with Variations by Pagin, the character of which is in advance of the French music of his time.
5Among early French Violinists François Hippolite Barthélemon attained considerable renown, though quite apart from the chief players of France, his artistic life having been chiefly pursued in London. He was born at Bourdeaux in 1741, paternally French, maternally Irish. In 1765 he came to England and led the Opera Orchestra. The following year he composed a serious Opera, which was played at the King's Theatre. Kelly,
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