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The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, 1887
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1Violin Duet and Quartetts, are all two well known to need more than passing mention.
3From Spohr has grown up a school of Violin-playing of a very distinctive character. Bernard Molique was endowed with great powers, both as a performer and a composer for his instrument. His Concertos are compositions of the highest character, and require for their rendering a finished artist.
5Joseph Mayseder was a Violinist of a different order to that of Spohr or Molique. His style was exceedingly brilliant. Mayseder may also be said to have created a school of his own, and owing to the circulation that his compositions obtained in England, his style was introduced among a great number of our countrymen. Kalliwoda wrote and played very much in the Mayseder manner. His Airs and Variations are especially brilliant compositions; his Overtures are also much admired for their sparkling and dramatic character.
7I come now to notice one of the greatest artistes of our time—Herr Ernst—whose playing was impassioned in the highest degree. He made the Violin express his innermost thoughts in tones of delicious tenderness such as his hearers can never forget. By nature noble, generous, and affectionate, the shade and substance of each trait was faithfully reflected in his exquisite playing. His compositions are among the finest solo writings we have. To mention his "Otello," "Airs Hongrois," "Le Prophète," and his "Studies," will be sufficient to call to the mind of most Violinists the high character of his compositions.
9It now only remains for me to briefly allude to the German artists each Concert Season makes us familiar with. First and foremost is the mighty Herr Joachim, a host in himself. His able coadjutor Herr Strauss is justly admired for his
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