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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1register of the first position. Mersennus is very lavish of his praise for the king's band of Violins, and remarks:—
3"But if you wish to hear the upper alone, what can be more elegant than the playing of Constance, what more vehement than the playing of Boccan? what more delicate and tender than the neat touches of Lazarin and Foucard? Join the bass of Leger to the acute sounds of Constance, you will have all the harmonic numbers complete."
5It is to the introduction of the Sonata that the rapid progress in the cultivation of Violin-playing may be attributed. Giovanni Battista Bassani excelled in this species of composition. His knowledge of the finger-board and bow was superior to that of any writer for the instrument, previous to Bassani's great pupil, Corelli. The sonata was originally written for two Violins and a Bass, with a Thorough-Bass for the Organ; it was thus played in the churches. Prior to this, Violins played extempore flourishes in accompaniment of the chants. The sonata was afterwards adapted to chamber use. In this branch of composition Corelli shone forth with considerable lustre, and gave to the culture of the Violin an impetus of much force. It was at Rome that his first twelve Sonatas were published about 1683. It 1685 the second set appeared, entitled "Balletti da Camera;" five years later the third set were published. The genius of Corelli may be said to have revolutionized
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