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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1ITALIAN MAKERS.
3STRADIUARIUS, Antonius, Cremona; born in 1644; died, December, 1737.
5"The instrument on which he played
6Was in Cremona's workshops made,
7By a great master of the past,
8Ere yet was lost the art divine:
9Fashioned of maple and of pine,
10That in Tyrolian forests vast
11Had rocked and wrestled with the blast;
12Exquisite was it in design,
13A marvel of the lutist's art,
14Perfect in each minutest part;
15And in its hollow chamber, thus,
16The maker from whose hands it came
17Had written his unrivalled name—
18'Antonius Stradivarius.'"—Longfellow.
20The renown of this remarkable maker of Violins is beyond that of all others; his praise has been sung alike by poet, artist, and musician. His magic name is ever rising to the lips in the presence of the "king of instruments;" its sound is as familiar to the humble player as to the finished artist. He has received the undisputed homage of two centuries, and time seems but to add to the number and devotion of his liege subjects: he is as little likely to be dethroned to-day as Shakespeare.
22Although many interesting particulars concerning Antonius Stradiuarius have been obtained from time to time, there is wanting that which alone can fully satisfy his admirers, viz., connected records of the chief events of his life. Every endeavour has been
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