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The violin and its music, 1885
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1his brilliant Violin compositions may be specially mentioned the Air and Variations, Op. 40, dedicated to Paganini, which was frequently played by Ernst. Weber, writing from Vienna in 1813, mentions having heard Mayseder's Fourth Concerto, pronouncing it excellent, "but it left one cold." His works are all of a more or less brilliant character, and would undoubtedly be better appreciated had they been of a warmer nature. He died in 1863.
3The Violinist and composer, Kalliwoda, born at Prague, in 1800, was a prolific writer of brilliant Violin music. Although most of his Solos are now rarely played, they are well written, and abound in passages needing more than ordinary executive skill to render them with due effect. He has composed many Violin Duetts, conceived in a dramatic style, which are played much among amateurs. Kalliwoda died in 1866.
5The progress of the leading instrument in Germany was hardly less influenced by the genius of Louis Spohr, than its progress in Italy a century earlier was influenced by the teachings of Corelli. These results, though of nearly equal importance, were secured by wholly different means. The school of the German master was a new departure, originating in the labours of a long line of Violinists, from Corelli to Rode. The benefits of this blending of Italian, French, and German art, in relation to the Violin, are better understood to-day than when Spohr may be said to have effected the union. The
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