Scan 23
The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
38 lines. Read by computer on 1 October 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1Contents.
3John Sebastian Bach … … … … … 280
4Herr Joachim … … … … … 280
5Handel … … … … … 281
6Haydn, perfecting of the Symphony by him; his Quartetts; his Sonatas … … … … 282
7Mozart … … … … … 283
8Fesca … … … … … 283
9Spohr, and his School as developed by Molique … 284
10Mayseder, Kalliwoda, Herrn Ernst and Joachim … 285
12SECTION XV.—ANECDOTES AND MISCELLANEA CONNECTED WITH THE VIOLIN.
14The Missing Scroll … … … … … 285
15Another Wandering Scroll … … … … 289
16A Mantagnana Instrument shot in the Revolution of 1848 291
17Fiddle Marks and the Credulous Dabblers … … 291
18A Stolen "Strad" … … … … … 293
19Quick Recovery of a Stolen Tenor … … … 295
20Living Stradiuariuses … … … … … 296
21A Cinderella Violoncello … … … … … 298
22The Painful Operation … … … … … 299
23Amount of Pressure on the Belly of a Violin … … 300
24"Guarnerius" at a Discount … … … … 300
25Domenico Dragonetti, his Gaspard di Salo … … 305
26Letter from his Legal Adviser … … … … 306
27"Pleasures of Imagination" … … … … 308
28Leigh Hunt on Paganini … … … … 309 one of two readings
29Leigh Hunt on Paganini … … … … … 309 one of two readings
30Thackeray on Orchestral Music … … … … 311
31A Royal Amateur … … … … … 312
32Violins from a medical point of view … … … 313
33Pope Pius IX. and the Musician … … … … 314
34Dr. Johnson and the Violin … … … … 314 one of two readings
35Dr. Johnson and the Violin … … … … … 314 one of two readings
36Dr. Johnson and the difficulty of Playing the Fiddle … 315
37Dr. Johnson's Epitaph on Philips the Violinist … … 316
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