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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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1INDEX.
3A
5Absam, Thomas …………………………………………….. 283
6Acevo ……………………………………………………….. 74
7Acoustical Properties of the Violin ……………………….. 29
8Adam, as a Violist ………………………………………….. 3
9Adams ……………………………………………………….. 283
10Addison, William ……………………………………………. 283
11Aireton, Edmund, good work, Amatese model …………….. 283
12Alard, M., composer and Professor at the Conservatoire …. 380
13Albanesi, Sebastiano ……………………………………… 74
14Albani ……………………………………………………….. 250
15Albani, Mathias (2); Italian style, good model and workmanship …………………………………………….. 249
16Albani, Paolo ………………………………………………. 74
17Albani, Mathias, Stainer form, good varnish …………….. 249
18Aldred ……………………………………………………….. 283
19Aldric, copier of Stradivari; dealings with Luigi Tarisio …. 222
20Aletzie, Paolo …………………………………………….. 74, 250
21Allard ……………………………………………………….. 222
22Alvani ……………………………………………………….. 75
23Amati, Andrea, his Violins mostly "Three-quarter," 75; founder of the School of Cremona, 76; character of his Varnish, 76; his method of cutting, 76; his "Charles IX. Set," in the Chapel Royal, Versailles …………………………………………….. 77
24Amati, the Brothers Antonio and Girolamo, character of their work …………………………………………….. 78
25Amati, Girolamo, his instruments described; character of his varnish …………………………………………….. 86, 87
26Amati, Niccolò, the greatest of his family; special characteristics of his work …………………………………………….. 80—86
27Amelot ……………………………………………………….. 222
28Anecdotes and Miscellanea connected with the Violin …….. 395
29Apollo and Orpheus, in Fiddle History …………………….. 3
31Appleby, Mr. Samuel, letter from, on the Gasparo da Salò Double-Bass of Signor Dragonetti …………………………………………….. 444
32Arabian Origin of the Ribeca, alleged …………………………………………….. 6
33Arabians, Inventors of the Monochord …………………………………………….. 7
34Ariberti, Bartolommeo, Marquis, his letter to Stradivari …….. 182
35Arisi, Desiderio, on Stradivari, 175, 179, 181 182, 191, 193—196
36Artmann, copier of Amati …………………………………. 250
37Asiatic Origin of the Violin, alleged …………………………………………….. 3
38Askey, Samuel …………………………………………….. 283
39Aubry ……………………………………………………….. 222
40Augière ……………………………………………………….. 222
41Augustus, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, his patronage of Stradivari …………………………………………….. 195
43B
45Bachelier ……………………………………………………. 222
46Bach, John Sebastian; influence of his great compositions on the development of Violin-playing …………………………………………….. 389
47Bachmann, Carl Ludwig, Court Musician to Frederick the Great; founder of concerts for amateurs at Berlin …………………………………………….. 250
48Bachmann, O., author of a book on Bow Instruments …………………………………………….. 250
49Bagatella, Antonio ………………………………………….. 88
50Bagatella, Pietro ……………………………………………. 89
51Baillot, Pierre, Violinist, his Chamber Concerts in Paris …………………………………………….. 387
52Baines ……………………………………………………….. 283
53Baker ……………………………………………………….. 283
54Balestrieri, character of his Instruments …………………………………………….. 89
55Ballantine …………………………………………………… 283
56Baltzar, Thomas, Violinist …………………………………. 368
57Banks, Benjamin, 283; high character of his work …………………………………………….. 284—286
58Banks, Benjamin (2) ………………………………………… 286
59Banks, James and Henry ……………………………………. 286
60Bannister, John, Violinist ………………………………….. 369
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