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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1875
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1in England, were William and Francis Cramer, to whom severally was assigned the leadership of the Ancient Concerts and of the Opera.
3The next Violinist who gained some celebrity was Nicholas Mori, born in London in the year 1796. He was associated with the formation of the Royal Academy of Music, in Tenterden Street, and became the principal instructor on the Violin at that Institution. Spagnoletti and Kieswetter each contributed their share towards the advancement of the instrument during their stay in this country. The names of Dando and Henry Blagrove bring us to the players of our own time; these thoroughly representative English Violinists have done much to raise the standard of the public taste. It is said that Mr. Dando gave the first public quartett concert in this country, which took place in 1835; from which circumstance we may glean some idea of the rapid strides we have made in the appreciation of chamber music during the past forty years. The work so well commenced by Mr. Dando, was made complete, artistically speaking, by the formation of the Musical Union. The long roll of celebrated continental artistes introduced at the Society's concerts sufficiently stamps its character. All that remained to be done was to make the quartett popular, and to bring it within the reach of all. This has been achieved by the indefatigable labours of Mr. Chappell in his Monday Popular Concerts. For some time the public failed to appreciate Mr. Chappell's
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