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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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1been ascribed to Garrick, from its appearing at first with the signature G.; but I heard Mr. Garrick declare that it was written by Dr. Johnson."
3The epitaph of Phillips is in the porch of Wolverhampton Church. The prose part of it is curious:—
5 Near this place lies
6 Charles Claudius Phillips,
7 Whose absolute contempt of riches,
8 and inimitable performances upon the Violin,
9 made him the admiration of all that knew him.
10 He was born in Wales,
11 made the tour of Europe,
12 and, after the experience of both kinds of fortune,
13 Died in 1732.
15HAYDN IN LONDON.—A "SWEET STRADIVARI."
17(BY PERMISSION OF MR. JOHN MURRAY).
19The following extracts, taken from "A Country Clergyman of the Eighteenth Century," a pleasant and entertaining book (consisting of selections from the correspondence of the Rev. Thomas Twining, M.A.), cannot fail to interest the reader. The Rev. Thomas Twining was born in 1735. He was an excellent musician, both in theory and practice, and a lover of the Violin. He had collected much valuable information with regard to music, with a view to writing a history of the subject. Upon learning that Dr. Burney was engaged on his History of Music, he not only generously placed his valuable notes at the service of the Doctor, but revised the manuscript of
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