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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1884
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1INDEX.
3Provence and the origin of the Geige … … … … 18
4Ptolomeus, Claudius, on Harmonic Sounds … … … 6
5Puppo, Violinist, Anecdote of … 470
6Purcell, Henry, his Sonatas, 369; dedication to the King … 370
7Purfling of the Violin, 38; of the Brothers Amati … … 80
9Q
10Quack Violin-Doctors … … 40
11Quantz, Johann, Flautist, and Frederick the Great … … 259
12Quartett Association, The … 388
14R
15Rabenalt, Theodore, his drama, "Jacob Stainer" … … 266
16Racceris … … … … 153
17Rambaux, Claude Victor; a clever repairer … … … 241
18Rauch … … … … 258
19Rauch, Jacob … … … 258
20Rauch, Sebastian … … … 258
21Raut, Jean … … … 242
22Ravanon, King of Ceylon, and his instrument called the "Ravanastron" … … 4
23Rawlins, Henry, patronised by Giardini … … … 315
24Rayman, Jacob, founder of English Violin-making; good character of work and varnish … 315
25Reade, Charles, on the "Four Corners" of the Violono, 24; on the Violins of Stradivari, 190; on the art of "cutting," 238; his letter on the Betts Stradivari … … … 447
26Rebab, taken to Spain by the Moors, 7; in Egypt … … 8
27Rebec, Origin of … … 6, 7, 8
28Reichel, Johann Conrad … 259
29Reichel, Johann Gottfried … 259
30Reichers, August … … 259
31Remy … … … 242
32Remy, Jean Mathurin … 242
33Remy, Jules … … 242
34Renaudin, Léopold … 242
35Renault, Nicolas … … 242
36Ribeca, alleged Arabian origin … 6
37Richards, Edwin … … 316
38Riess … … … … 259
39Rinaldi, Gioffredo … … 153
40Rode, Violinist and composer, 379; his Caprices and Concertos, and his Instruction Book … … … … 380
41Rogers, Dr. Benjamin, his four-part Airs for Violins … … 368
42Rombouts, Peeter … … 242
43Rook, Joseph … … … 316
44Ross, John … … … 316
45Rosse (or Ross) … … … 316
46Rota, Giovanni … … … 153
47Roth, Christian … … … 259
48Rousseau, Jean, his Treatise on the Viol … … … 3
49Rovetta … … … … 153
50Royal Amateur, A … … 473
51Royal Band of Charles II.; its poverty … … … 369
52Royal Society of Musicians, Origin of … … … 384
53Roze … … … 242
54Ruf, Herr S., his History of Jacob Stainer … … … 265
55Ruggeri, Francesco ("Il Per"); excellent character of workmanship, design, and varnish; pupil of Niccolò Amati … 153
56Ruggeri, Giacinto … … 155
57Ruggeri, Giambattista, high-class work in Violins, Violas, and Violoncellos … … … 155
58Ruggeri, Giovanni Battista, pupil of Niccolò Amati; his work highly valued … … … 156
59Ruggeri, Pietro Giacomo, pupil of N. Amati; good work; excellent varnish … … 155
60Ruggeri, Vincenzo … … 155
61Ruppert, Franz … … 259
63S
64Sacquin … … … 242
65Sainprae, Jacques … … 259
66Sainton, M., Violinist … … 388
67Salabue, Count Cozio di, his passion for and collection of Violins, 345; his correspondence relative to his purchase of the relics of Antonio Stradivari … … … 346—352
68Sale of Cremonese Instruments in 1790 … … … 468
69Salle, a clever restorer … … 242
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