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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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1a Raleigh turned to the Prince and said, "Pardon me, your Royal Highness, I fear we have been carried away by the vortex of the melody." The execution of chamber compositions belonging to the higher walks of counterpoint is frequently disappointing, but seldom or never is the failure so gracefully and agreeably accounted for.
3SALE OF CREMONESE INSTRUMENTS AT MILAN, AT THE END OF THE LAST CENTURY.
4(Extracted from the "Gazetta di Firenze," 1790).
6The following instruments were offered for sale at Milan, by Signor Francesco Albinoni, in March, 1790:—
81. Violin by Antonio and Girolamo Amati, Cremona 1616
92. ,, ,, Niccolo Amati … … … … … 1647
103. ,, ,, ditto … … … … … 1667
114. ,, ,, Andrea Guarneri… … … … 1657
125. ,, ,, Giuseppe Guarneri, figlio … … … 1705
136. ,, ,, Antonio Stradivari … … … … 1708
147. ,, ,, ditto … … … … … 1719
158. ,, ,, Giovanni Ruggeri … … … … 1653
169. ,, ,, Francesco Ruggeri … … … … 1670
1710. Tenor by Antonio and Girolamo Amati … … 1617
1811. ,, ,, ditto ditto … … … … 1618
1912. ,, ,, Francesco Ruggeri … … … … 1619
2013. Violoncello by Amati, Cremona … … … 1622
2114. ,, ,, Andrea Guarneri … … … … 1692
23The above announcement cannot fail to make one reflect on the different degree of interest excited by a sale of Cremonas a century ago and one at
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