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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.
5From Belgium to Poland may appear a wide step in my discourse, but it is not so. Although the Polish Violinists retain a certain amount of originality in style of playing and in their compositions, it is to the French school they belong. Lipinski, Wieniawski, Lotto, were all educated in the Paris school.
7Lipinski has written a great deal for his instrument, and instructed many well-known players.
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