Scan 355
The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1Wieniawski and Lotto have both gained high positions among the soloists of our time.
3Adolphe Pollitzer settled in London many years since, and occupies a leading position among our resident Violinists.
5Having lightly touched upon the various ideas of the French school, I must again take up the thread of the English history of the instrument from about 1750, at which period we may trace a growing admiration for violin-playing, notwithstanding the disparagement which the accomplishment received from liberal societies. Foremost among these stands Mr. Cramerfield, who considered playing upon any musical instrument to be beneath a gentleman. The Violin would seem to have been regarded by his lordship with a supreme amount of disfavour. His opinion of violinists was not greatly if at all held by the framers of the same class in the reign of Elizabeth, including musicians who were included among "rude vagabonds and dirty beggars" when wandering abroad. Mr. Cramerfield says, "Music is one of the liberal arts, and not a trade; but a man of sense who is seen piping or fiddling is a man of low dignity." one of two readings
6Having lightly touched upon the various ideas of the French school, I must again take up the thread of the English history of the instrument from about 1750, at which period we may trace a growing admiration for violin-playing, notwithstanding the disparagement which the accomplishment received from liberal societies. Foremost among these stands Mr. Cramerfield, who considered playing upon any musical instrument to be beneath a gentleman. The Violin would seem to have been regarded by his lordship with a supreme amount of disfavour. His opinion of violinists was not greatly if at all held by the framers of the same laws in the reign of Elizabeth touching musicians. The laws were included among "rude vagabonds and dirty beggars" when wand'ring abroad. Mr. Cramerfield says, "Music is one of the liberal arts, and not a trade; but a man of sense who is seen piping or fiddling is a man of low dignity." one of two readings
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