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The violin, its famous makers and their imitators

Hart, George, 1839-1891. London, Dulau, 1887.

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4 The Violin: Read
5 There is no text on this page. Read
6 THE VIOLIN AND ITS MUSIC, Read
7 Quarto, about 500 pages, price 25s. Octa… Read
8 THE VIOLIN. Read
9 There is no text on this page. Read
10 DEDICATION Read
11 some little anxiety as to the reception… Read
12 DEDICATION. Read
13 has exerted himself to carry out my view… Read
14 PREFACE TO THE ENLARGED AND REVISED EDIT… Read
15 illustrative of the history of the City… Read
16 I am indebted for the knowledge of the e… Read
17 I am indebted to Mr. G. D. Bishopp for t… Read
19 ment of the Madrigal in Italy—High stand… Read
21 Bagatella, Antonio—Bagatella, Pietro—BAL… Read
22 CONTENTS. Read
23 GAZZA, Pietro Giovanni; eminent as a res… Read
24 his work; his nice discrimination in cho… Read
25 and for Archduke Charles of Austria; let… Read
26 CONTENTS. Read
27 Lambert, Jean Nicolas—Lapaix—Laprevotte,… Read
28 CONTENTS. Read
29 Karb — Kambl, Johann A. — Kembter — Kiap… Read
30 CONTENTS. Read
31 finish; Amati model—Bolles—Booth, Willia… Read
32 cellent work—Forster, William (iv.)—Fors… Read
33 CONTENTS. Read
34 SECTION XIV.—SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS OF T… Read
35 CONTENTS. Read
36 CONTENTS. Read
37 There is no text on this page. Read
38 THE VIOLIN. Read
39 all remains more hopelessly obscured and… Read
40 his brother's name was Jubal; from him d… Read
41 view of our subject would be singularly… Read
42 The inquiry is simplified from the point… Read
43 line. We have early mention of this part… Read
44 only two strings, as it still has among… Read
45 evidence of bowed instrument cultivation… Read
46 cultivated sufficiently, if at all, to l… Read
47 II. Read
48 we consider the limited sources of infor… Read
49 able manuscripts referred to by the auth… Read
50 writers of different epochs relative to… Read
51 ascribes the manuscript to the tenth cen… Read
52 and strung with three strings.1 The use… Read
53 northern word Geiga, meaning trembling,… Read
54 condition of instrumental music about th… Read
55 order, and able executants, were to be f… Read
56 and workmanship, and present a marked co… Read
57 supplying us with authentic information… Read
58 the common Geige or three-stringed Fiddl… Read
59 SECTION II. Read
60 progress" which most things are destined… Read
61 monomania, and attributable to a desire… Read
62 power, and the extraordinary combination… Read
63 of tone produced by each sample of wood,… Read
64 parent that the curls of the wood beneat… Read
65 of foreign growth, and was taken from th… Read
66 the sides, like the back, of maple, in s… Read
67 exactly identical structure, it must be… Read
68 any uniform arrangement of the sound-pos… Read
69 but little attention to this portion of… Read
70 The amount of finish given to the button… Read
71 prone to be continually unsettling their… Read
72 SECTION III. Read
73 that the bridge of to-day is almost iden… Read
74 understand how to know strings." "It is… Read
75 glowing terms of his Venetian Catlins. T… Read
76 the manufacture. Their strings are caref… Read
77 tion. A time-honoured error is thus comm… Read
78 cient to stretch from the bridge to the… Read
79 heavier stringing than an Italian instru… Read
80 putting on the fourth string. The instru… Read
81 THE VIOLIN. Read
82 THE STRINGS. Read
83 be 8 lbs.; and therefore for the above a… Read
84 SECTION IV. Read
85 rounding their favourite with an interes… Read
86 Benvenuto Cellini, the greatest goldsmit… Read
87 merit, cannot be doubted. They were surr… Read
88 Savoy, the Duke of Modena, the Marquis A… Read
89 developed itself, other less famous plac… Read
90 Tecchler, and Tononi. The Venetian schoo… Read
91 be counted among Violin makers. The only… Read
92 A visible individuality is found through… Read
93 profitable trade) of the masterpieces of… Read
94 SECTION V. Read
95 At last despair has succeeded to all tha… Read
96 able to suppose that it was an ordinary… Read
97 have gained no nearer approaches to the… Read
98 instrument is of little importance provi… Read
99 of varnish in relation to tone, and be l… Read
100 SECTION VI. Read
101 ALVANI, Cremona. Is said to have made in… Read
102 Canon of the Cathedral of Cremona.1 Andr… Read
103 ments of Andrea Amati are now very scarc… Read
104 registers; also the date of his marriage… Read
105 made manifest. The style of each was dis… Read
106 mode of cutting it also varies considera… Read
107 age eighteen. In the following year the… Read
108 this gives them an appearance of promine… Read
109 with the character of the body of the in… Read
110 passed by any of his later works. Where… Read
111 Lancetti, writing of Niccolò Amati in 18… Read
112 signature of Francesco Ruggieri detto il… Read
113 of Stradivari rather than that of Amati.… Read
114 is a Viol da Gamba by this maker at the… Read
115 were evidently selected with judgment, a… Read
116 in his work, and in the way in which he… Read
117 the several points of deviation unless t… Read
118 of both Stradivari and Guarneri, and del… Read
119 times of a pale red, and again, of rich… Read
120 BERGONZI, Niccolò, Cremona. Son of the a… Read
121 Bianchi, Niccolò, Genoa and Nice. Worked… Read
122 ITALIAN MAKERS. Read
123 with the elegant outline of Amati. The p… Read
124 growth, and the last with that of home g… Read
125 CATENAR, Enrico, Turin, about 1671. Read
126 relative to the great makers of his nati… Read
127 DARDELLI, Pietro, Mantua, about 1500. Is… Read
128 France. The name of Duiffoprugcar has be… Read
129 GABRIELLI, Giovanni Battista, Florence,… Read
130 to follow his calling. There is evidence… Read
131 GAGLIANO, Niccolò, Naples, son of Alessa… Read
132 quainted with his instruments. Mention i… Read
133 When we see Violins bearing the stamp of… Read
134 Venetian instrument the wood of which is… Read
135 mercial importance of Venice would, of c… Read
136 is it singular in the Italian branch of… Read
137 Son of Lorenzo Guadagnini. Read
138 of Giovanni Battista more closely resemb… Read
139 mately went to Lombardy, and settled in… Read
140 to the four quarters of the globe. Littl… Read
141 we learn that Andrea Guarneri does not a… Read
142 struct instruments entirely distinct fro… Read
143 He made Violins, Tenors, and Violoncello… Read
144 Cremona about the period when his father… Read
145 of June, 1683, and was baptized on the 1… Read
146 The most diligent student will, however,… Read
147 absence of any historical data, we set a… Read
148 to the type of Gasparo da Salò, particul… Read
149 In order that the reader may better unde… Read
150 And now they change; a paler shadow stre… Read
151 These splendid chefs-d'œuvre are strange… Read
152 of wood, when he had the opportunity of… Read
153 is most observed, there is an appearance… Read
154 The first sets about making his instrume… Read
155 at last the opportunity of securing the… Read
156 sound-hole long; purfling badly let in;… Read
157 LANZA, Antonio Maria, 1674. Copied the B… Read
158 Violins are less harmonious in design, a… Read
159 Lutes of three or four pounds price far… Read
160 eighteenth century. They appear to have… Read
161 the Venetian to honour the name of himse… Read
162 matter of certainty that their rank must… Read
163 the other hand, we have reason to be gra… Read
164 we may be sure that they had no idea of… Read
165 dated 1719, was among the instruments ex… Read
166 cover a resting-place, in which favour m… Read
167 PASTA, Domenico, Brescia, about 1700. Read
168 others of Italian make belonging to this… Read
169 he gained was, however, insufficient to… Read
170 RIVOLTA, Giacomo, Milan, about 1822. Exc… Read
171 RUGGERI, Francesco, Cremona, 1668—1720.… Read
172 1684, and the Marquis Castiglioni also p… Read
173 I have no remembrance of having seen a d… Read
174 us two distinct Italian manufactures. I… Read
175 pursued the same course as Andrea Amati… Read
176 ment, it is seen to be in perfect harmon… Read
177 ment is characteristic of its author. It… Read
178 wonderfully fortunate in obtaining hands… Read
179 last of the old makers who evinced any m… Read
180 No. 3, Contrada Coltellai, which was aft… Read
181 ficiency, by consulting documents relati… Read
182 the date of birth was given as 1664, and… Read
183 GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE FAMILY OF STRA… Read
184 noticed the age of Stradivari as represe… Read
185 of Stradivari, we must turn to his instr… Read
186 appear that he left the workshop of his… Read
187 Violoncellos made during the decade foll… Read
188 ments." 1 It will not be out of place to… Read
189 many of extraordinary beauty, which are… Read
190 mention of Stradivari having been buried… Read
191 The contents of the letters of Paolo and… Read
192 bodies of the instruments of his latter… Read
193 Grandi, called Il Fassina, leader of the… Read
194 variation in the tone of the varnish, ma… Read
195 Cremonese nobleman—"The other day I made… Read
196 great master, in the possession of the M… Read
197 structed instruments referred to had ena… Read
198 dences, in my opinion, a desire that he… Read
199 executed. The varnish also is very rich,… Read
200 quality in the material; it is evident t… Read
201 and it was named the "Dolphin" from the… Read
202 and his contemporary makers were intuiti… Read
203 Catinat, the able French commander, givi… Read
204 Lombardy on the 10th of June, 1702, and… Read
205 the British fleet, occupied Barcelona in… Read
206 Baptiste Volumier, who was musical direc… Read
207 the King's determination to have it exec… Read
208 the same in quality as that found upon t… Read
209 Stradivari is less known, but it is as c… Read
210 1. Church of S. Domenico. 2. Chapel of… Read
211 Churches of Cremona, 1762") mention that… Read
212 very advanced age, declared that his mas… Read
213 among the inhabitants to permit the auth… Read
214 Antonio Stradivari. Worked with his brot… Read
215 Francesco. Lancetti remarks, "Omobono ch… Read
216 maker. He worked in Venice, Salzburg, an… Read
217 years at Rome, about 1625. Todini was th… Read
218 ITALIAN MAKERS. Read
219 SECTION VII. Read
220 should have restrained themselves from f… Read
221 of varnish, which has caused some confus… Read
222 skill and judgment of the maker. The woo… Read
223 It only remains now to mention Salle, Vu… Read
224 market. It has the appearance of having… Read
225 SECTION VIII. Read
226 ciously selected. He took his sons into… Read
227 made in the year 1647 a Double-Bass for… Read
228 CHAMPION, René, Paris, about 1735. His i… Read
229 his brand that are scarcely fit to be ca… Read
230 FRENCH MAKERS. Read
231 DIEULAFAIT, ——, 1720, Viol-maker. A Viol… Read
232 proved himself an excellent maker, and w… Read
233 GAVINIÉS, François, Paris, about 1734. F… Read
234 HENRY, Eugène, son of Charles, born in 1… Read
235 THE VIOLIN. Read
236 long been in Paris before he was honoure… Read
237 adopted these forms. Stradivari was his… Read
238 FRENCH MAKERS. Read
239 numerous instruments have been operated… Read
240 court to Paris, where he is said to have… Read
241 Pierray," which is described in the sale… Read
242 REMY, ——, Paris, about 1760. Read
243 that extreme fineness of work is obtaine… Read
244 TYWERSUS, ——, Nancy, 16th century. Read
245 SECTION IX. Read
246 and extra arching, &c. Yet it must be re… Read
247 facture of Violins is also considered..… Read
248 SECTION X. Read
249 This maker is often credited with the wo… Read
250 BÈLA, Szepessy, born at Budapest in 1856… Read
251 DÖPFER, Nicolaus, 1768. The instruments… Read
252 FISCHER, Zacharie, Würtzburg, 1730. This… Read
253 Hammig, W. H., Leipsic. Now living. Read
254 GERMAN MAKERS. Read
255 MAUSSEILL, Leonard, Nuremberg, 1745. Sta… Read
256 Born 1825, now living. Violin-maker to t… Read
257 SAINPRAE, Jacques, Berlin, 17th century.… Read
258 There are Viols of his make dated from t… Read
259 works that he was a thorough artist. The… Read
260 place. What is the result of a careful i… Read
261 clined to believe that he gained it in t… Read
262 is spliced on to what is intended to be… Read
263 were all but unknown. At length Herr Ruf… Read
264 fastly German character of a model which… Read
265 he withdrew from the world, and became a… Read
266 STEININGER, Franz, St. Petersburg, son o… Read
267 signed Tielke cover a period of upwards… Read
269 SECTION XI. Read
270 fair return for the time and skill requi… Read
271 so much that their ardour was damped, as… Read
272 The case of modern Violin-makers is unfo… Read
273 appreciative public could be securely co… Read
274 Doubtless the form of the English Viol a… Read
275 The semi-Italian character pervading the… Read
277 SECTION XII. Read
278 maker in the catalogue of the music and… Read
279 model of Niccolò Amati, and laboured unc… Read
280 man that has failed in head-cutting. He… Read
281 Betts, John, born 1755, at Stamford, Lin… Read
282 Nevertheless, this maker takes rank with… Read
283 Princes Street, Leicester Square, where… Read
284 DENNIS, Jesse, London, 1805. Read
285 fully known, if we may judge from the no… Read
286 material. Under such favourable conditio… Read
287 has been stamped upon every wretched non… Read
288 in them men capable of carrying out his… Read
289 instruments. Subsequently he became a pa… Read
290 among his best efforts. The work is well… Read
291 a very unpretending nature, but they ser… Read
292 to make about the year 1770. These are b… Read
293 of William Forster, mentioned above. He… Read
294 ever, all the features of the style of H… Read
295 only to a few dealers, as he made chiefl… Read
296 tained an extensive acquaintance in that… Read
297 HILL, William, London, 1741. Son of the… Read
298 Henry Jay also made Violoncellos, some o… Read
299 appears to have been, "Tom Bowling," "Po… Read
300 time a partner in the firm. The business… Read
301 having supplied subject-matter for write… Read
302 upon them. On all of these instruments w… Read
303 PAMPHILON, Edward, London, 17th century.… Read
304 been presented to the Earl of Leicester… Read
305 being no trace of any British Violin-mak… Read
306 ENGLISH MAKERS. Read
307 YOUNG, London, about 1728. Lived in St.… Read
308 SECTION XIII. Read
309 both senses. When this is so, its existe… Read
310 the old maestros; and so given into our… Read
311 are no better in the world than those of… Read
312 The introduction of Italian instruments… Read
313 there were none but those of the Italian… Read
314 the time of this scramble for instrument… Read
315 a Stradivari Violoncello for five pounds… Read
316 such treasures should have been known to… Read
317 temporaries. Those who judge only from h… Read
318 Serafino, Montagnana, and others whose n… Read
319 was his attention absorbed by the form o… Read
320 deed the case of Aladdin's Lamp, and as… Read
321 the Parisian Fiddle market before bringi… Read
322 He decided to see further the contents o… Read
323 he was in Paris upon one occasion, walki… Read
324 screw, as she thought, and sold it him f… Read
325 It is related of him that upon one occas… Read
326 ber having been in his possession. Mr. G… Read
327 were unfathomable. The time, however, ha… Read
328 valuable securities together with a cons… Read
329 Impressed with the charms of the subject… Read
330 As an ardent votary of the Violin, regar… Read
331 of purchase cannot be wondered at. We le… Read
332 belonging to my father be left in Cremon… Read
333 both of which were subsequently bought,… Read
334 Pò barge-master, and that chance had div… Read
335 land was William Corbett. He was a membe… Read
336 were of a very high class. Among these m… Read
337 to a bag of brass ones, which he purchas… Read
338 for upwards of twenty years. The time at… Read
339 tem examination on an extended scale. Wh… Read
340 statuary, antique pianos, parts of machi… Read
341 hold the Violin only, which many of my r… Read
342 Dr. Johnson, who understood neither Fidd… Read
343 SECTION XIV. Read
344 is playing on the Double-Bass, Paolo Ver… Read
345 Behind Paolo Veronese is seated Tintoret… Read
346 The opera, in which instruments were use… Read
347 revolutionized Violin-playing. He had fo… Read
348 but the hero is often overlooked by grav… Read
349 to the French Court. The leader was Thom… Read
350 George Tavern, in Whitefriars. Roger Nor… Read
351 small-coal man," gave concerts in this c… Read
352 who in winter evenings went to taverns,… Read
353 a loss to guess what it was that constra… Read
354 was Giuseppe Tartini, born 1692. Dr. Bur… Read
355 play on one string, a performance very p… Read
356 thing that the Parisian public had previ… Read
357 extraordinary achievements of this remar… Read
358 Jean Marie Leclair, the pupil of Somis,… Read
359 and refined playing. Kreutzer is, of cou… Read
360 His Concertos are compositions worthy of… Read
361 ship with a supreme amount of displeasur… Read
362 Strand, and named their society the "Phi… Read
363 lifetime there were several patrons of t… Read
364 for London, at the age of fifty-nine. He… Read
365 the same direction. The long roll of cel… Read
366 The first name of any note in connection… Read
367 istence. The difficulties which abound i… Read
368 place to the inspired compositions. The… Read
369 musician, was a Violinist, and wrote a "… Read
370 Violin Duet and Quartetts, are all two w… Read
372 SECTION XV. Read
373 fended the cause of Fiddling against the… Read
374 Ralph rode on, with no less speed Read
375 From whence men borrow ev'ry kind Read
376 He and that engine of vile noise Read
377 THE VIOLIN. Read
378 That down it fell and with it bore Read
379 THE VIOLIN. Read
380 ANECDOTES. Read
381 On top of this there is a spire Read
382 GEORGE HERBERT'S REFERENCES TO MUSIC. Read
383 should pass by that place; for if I be b… Read
384 On Sundays heaven's door stands ope, Read
385 VIOLINS FROM A MEDICAL POINT OF VIEW. Read
386 which was considered as confirmed and ho… Read
387 in various ways, as I do this subject; a… Read
388 violent emotion, I instantly seized my V… Read
389 Cowper, where, he says, he had "the grat… Read
390 of daring resolution, so that I was incl… Read
391 DR. JOHNSON'S EPITAPH ON PHILLIPS, THE W… Read
392 he was against Dr. Johnson, was compelle… Read
393 connection with playing most musical ins… Read
394 placed his valuable notes at the service… Read
395 cello well. Now, sir, when I say 'well,'… Read
396 Fiddlings and singings, and keyed instru… Read
397 had been exhibiting his then unrivalled… Read
398 of sudden sounds that instantly die away… Read
399 just proportion of the model and beauty… Read
400 like lightning to the music-room, where… Read
401 himself in his chair. The dim daylight o… Read
402 His Majesty stared at the comedian full… Read
403 had been imposed on as to its value. He… Read
404 their gentlemanly embellishments a knowl… Read
405 and asked what might be the parentage of… Read
406 next day he was amusing himself with a p… Read
407 THE MISSING SCROLL. Read
408 strange nature of the question and the b… Read
409 of its owner. Finally, the repairer refu… Read
410 tioning the circumstance to my father, h… Read
411 connoisseurship. It is very amusing to n… Read
412 "GUARNERI" AT A DISCOUNT. Read
413 interested in it. After examining the de… Read
414 he purchased the imagined Amati; had sec… Read
415 he retired to rest, but not to sleep. Th… Read
416 noises rent the air; they decided to vis… Read
417 than any other person in this country. H… Read
418 THE BETTS STRADIVARI. Read
419 it passed into my possession in the year… Read
420 shade. The corners appear long for the e… Read
421 into a state of lofty triumph like a con… Read
422 Th' exceeding mystery of the loveliness Read
423 ments to the right have begun the very s… Read
424 ADDISON ON THE PERSONIFICATION OF THE LE… Read
425 when a man is not disposed to hear music… Read
426 "The Greeks, simple souls, were astonish… Read
427 which I am confident will delight all mo… Read
428 SPOHR AND HIS GUARNERI. Read
429 when I found myself in the open field. I… Read
430 hour named I am engaged, and cannot come… Read
431 later, upon the occasion of my benefit c… Read
432 that I outlive 'him.' But not for a thou… Read
433 "Borax is the pink of politeness, though… Read
434 the noble rise in the centre—twang—and m… Read
435 centuries, 'Amati Cremonæ fecit 1645,' f… Read
436 splintered fragments for a couple of pou… Read
437 "Mein Gott!—if I don't, who de teifil do… Read
438 rivals in trade have likewise caught the… Read
439 Its fugal subject— Read
440 ANECDOTES. Read
441 had reached eighteen thousand francs, a… Read
442 the bow. They had not long met before th… Read
443 into the room, regarded his visitor with… Read
444 much more wonderful are the sensations h… Read
445 and that the execution of them was not a… Read
446 him in the face, and Ole Bull had to exp… Read
447 which must proceed from the friction of… Read
448 you to practise every day one of the All… Read
449 and neat manner, it will be of great use… Read
450 yourself to this position till you can e… Read
451 But you must not vigorously move immedia… Read
452 There is no text on this page. Read
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