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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1of the most delicious players we have had. As a composer for his instrument, he opened up entirely fresh ground; he banished all that was dry, and gave us those fresh and pleasant Airs variés and Morceaux de salon, teeming with novel effects. It can never be said that De Bériot alarmed the amateur with outrageous difficulties; on the contrary, he gave them passages easy to execute, full of effect, and yet withal astonishing to the listener. De Bériot has probably made more amateur Violinists than any composer of his time.
3In Henri Vieuxtemps we have a thorough master of his art. His Concertos are compositions worthy of the title they bear: they do not consist of a number of difficulties strung together without meaning, but are properly constructed works. He has written many Fantasias, all of which are the delight of good Violinists. His compositions being mostly difficult to render, they are chiefly known among artists, but in these days of rapid development in Violin playing among amateurs, a new and wide field will certainly be opened for them ere long.
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