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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators

Hart, George, 1839-1891. London: Dulau, 1909.

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5 The Violin and its Music Read
9 THE VIOLIN Read
11 PREFACE TO THE ENLARGED AND REVISED EDIT… Read
12 belonging to the trustees of the Civic M… Read
13 knowledge of the facts he recorded from… Read
14 who during his researches among the Robo… Read
15 readers, I have endeavoured to do so in… Read
17 PREFATORY NOTE BY THE EDITORS Read
19 CONTENTS Read
20 SECTION II.—THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE VIOL… Read
21 Brothers ANTONIO and GIROLAMO; probable… Read
23 with adversity; light and graceful chara… Read
24 the Duke of Savoy, and the Duke of Moden… Read
25 CONTENTS Read
26 Ouvrard, Jean… … … … … … …… Read
27 Gedler, Johann A.—Gedler, Johann B.—Geis… Read
28 of heresy, and imprisoned; pecuniary dif… Read
29 hold word" with English Violinists; high… Read
30 Naylor, Isaac—Norborn, John—NORMAN, BARA… Read
31 SECTION XIV.—SKETCH OF THE PROGRESS OF T… Read
32 SECTION XV.—ANECDOTES AND MISCELLANEA CO… Read
33 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Read
34 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Read
35 THE VIOLIN Read
36 attending it. Certain parts have been il… Read
37 3 inquirers into the history of instrument… Read
38 4 showed that the Violin and the bow were… Read
39 5 It is said that Sanscrit scholars have m… Read
40 6 those which have been strung with fibre,… Read
41 7 it is necessary to refer to the suggeste… Read
42 8 acquaintance which it is probable the Eg… Read
43 9 between a Rebab of the nineteenth centur… Read
44 10 of the Church of Santiago da Compostella… Read
45 11 The Jongleurs entertained their patrons… Read
46 12 II. Read
47 13 occupies a position of the kind describe… Read
48 14 About fifty years later than the date of… Read
49 15 The instrument was described in the manu… Read
50 relative to the meaning of the word Lyre… Read
53 17 The form of this Fiddle is in advance of… Read
54 18 race.1 In Germany the word was used as l… Read
55 19 strongest evidence. Some inquirers deriv… Read
56 20 of the use to which the leading instrume… Read
57 21 office was to play extemporaneous accomp… Read
58 22 to be found elsewhere, and in Flanders i… Read
59 23 are in the Museum of the Academy of Musi… Read
60 24 perfection were mounted by Duiffoprugcar… Read
61 25 number of strings was five or more, and… Read
62 26 in fifths. The instrument to which Lance… Read
63 27 SECTION II Read
64 28 at last discovers that he is quite unabl… Read
65 29 art. The flow of curved lines which the… Read
66 30 the Violin of the sixteenth century and… Read
67 31 Violin manufacture, the selection of the… Read
68 sycamore have been found to surpass the… Read
71 33 colour, so transparent that the curls of… Read
72 34 enable them to follow their calling with… Read
73 35 similar obscurity to that which conceals… Read
74 36 line, thus leaving the system to be re-d… Read
75 37 transmits vibrations, and regulates both… Read
76 38 to have any uniform arrangement of the s… Read
77 39 suitable to the constitution of the Viol… Read
78 40 The purfling is composed of three strips… Read
79 41 production and quality of sound. The var… Read
81 43 SECTION III Read
82 44 far-removed ancestor, the monochord; and… Read
83 45 in Italy. This superiority is owing to t… Read
84 46 sound of strings made with thread or iro… Read
85 47 characteristics of which are definitely… Read
86 48 of climate. In Italy an important part o… Read
87 49 commemorated in a word, the origin of wh… Read
88 the seconds and thirds, as they are made… Read
91 51 will assist in bringing out that richnes… Read
92 52 supposed that the ponderous strings of D… Read
93 53 stood. There are Violins which will take… Read
95 55 on the nut and that of the pulley. There… Read
96 56 Mark off on the scale A B as many divisi… Read
97 57 SECTION IV Read
98 58 men in Italy engaged in artistic vocatio… Read
99 59 If we turn to the days of Gasparo da Sal… Read
100 60 Diavolo"; and while Guadagnini and the s… Read
101 61 composers then existing will be sufficie… Read
102 62 the Marquis Ariberti, Charles III. (afte… Read
103 63 Judging from the large number of bow-ins… Read
104 64 Guarneri, Pietro Guarneri, Giuseppe Guar… Read
105 65 two-thirds than either of those three co… Read
106 something in common between the early wo… Read
109 67 belonging to each city. A close study of… Read
110 68 of Italian Violins, and forms a feature… Read
112 70 SECTION V Read
113 71 to fall again. Some have even cried 'Eur… Read
114 72 Carlo Bergonzi, and a few others, used v… Read
115 73 sequence would be non-production. It is… Read
116 74 while the earlier kinds are velvet-like.… Read
117 75 self-evident. On the other hand, there a… Read
118 76 lated for common purposes; if, however,… Read
119 77 SECTION VI Read
120 78 chiefly Tenors and Violoncellos, some of… Read
121 79 the instruments which the four-stringed… Read
122 80 may possibly have been self-taught, but… Read
123 81 France," one Nicolas Delinet, a member o… Read
124 82 children; the fifth child was Niccolò, w… Read
125 83 in their Violins, it must not be suppose… Read
126 is more vigour in the sound-hole of Nicc… Read
129 85 Guarneri witnessed the ceremony, and sig… Read
130 86 the instruments, with the label of Anton… Read
131 87 ow beauty into the entire work. The mode… Read
132 88 From this circumstance it differs from t… Read
133 89 praise must be conceded to the originato… Read
134 90 a prominent place as a copyist. The trut… Read
135 91 collection of Count Cozio. It is in perf… Read
136 92 such price on account of its having the… Read
137 93 Brothers Mantegazza, dealers and restore… Read
138 94 history of the family of the Amati as Vi… Read
139 95 BAGATELLA, Antonio, Padua, made both Vio… Read
140 96 The varnish seems to have been of two ki… Read
141 97 writers on the subject of Violins assume… Read
142 98 bours regard them with as much favour as… Read
143 99 the sound-holes are set nearer the edge… Read
144 that could only have been possessed by a… Read
145 times seen to be extremely thick, at oth… Read
146 purchased of the executors of Luigi Tari… Read
149 103 done. These moulds were doubtless lent t… Read
150 104 BRESCIA, Da, Battista. A Pochette or Kit… Read
151 105 Cappa, Gioffredo, Cremona, 1644-1717. Th… Read
152 106 of the good and the beautiful—in buying… Read
153 107 CASTAGNERI, Andrea, Paris, about 1735. T… Read
154 108 1817. Ceruti made a large number of Viol… Read
155 109 players. They are said to number about t… Read
156 110 He was born in Granada, and was called t… Read
157 111 Fétis was unable to discover any tidings… Read
158 112 to settle in France. The name of Duiffop… Read
159 113 preponderating. The sound-hole is an imi… Read
160 114 GAFFINO, Giuseppe, Paris, about 1755. Pu… Read
161 115 them with those of his master, the resem… Read
162 116 originality. They are not after the patt… Read
163 117 maker appears to have attracted attentio… Read
164 118 Gobetti, Francesco (sometimes called Gob… Read
165 119 the early works of the great master. The… Read
166 Gragnani, Antonio, Leghorn. Usually bran… Read
169 121 of Paolo Grancino has a very decisive ch… Read
170 122 That this should be so, to a certain ext… Read
171 123 upon leaving the workshop of his master… Read
172 124 made in Turin between 1773 and 1776 have… Read
173 125 point at any time, all his works being i… Read
174 126 ing to these instruments are varied. The… Read
175 127 out the world. The familiar style is att… Read
176 128 parishioners having duly performed and e… Read
177 129 changed the character of the sound-hole.… Read
178 130 to be traced. There are also other featu… Read
179 131 his Violins and Tenors varies, but may b… Read
180 132 Guarneri used some of the finest wood. T… Read
181 133 This famous maker of Violins was born at… Read
182 134 unchallenged is a matter of some surpris… Read
183 135 instructed them. To suppose that Guarner… Read
184 the Cremonese makers, it will be found t… Read
187 137 element the sound-hole, it will be seen… Read
188 138 a marked manner and the purfling sunk in… Read
189 139 he had hastily finished off a set of Vio… Read
190 140 divided, when the wood is particularly h… Read
191 141 daughter procured him the necessary mate… Read
192 142 I have referred to the three periods of… Read
193 143 Upon examining the works of Guarneri wit… Read
194 144 humour which at once pleases the eye, th… Read
195 145 tures and translates at will. He "spots"… Read
196 146 sallies forth, congratulating himself ag… Read
197 147 until it becomes more like a piece of ch… Read
198 148 a confusion has arisen as to there being… Read
199 149 MAGGINI, Giovanni Paolo, Brescia, 1590.… Read
200 150 means which he adopted in order to obtai… Read
201 151 itself at every turn. The uneducated eye… Read
202 necks were dispensed with in Paris towar… Read
203 he followed his art in Cremona. He after… Read
204 the works of our author and the makers n… Read
207 of supply must attract notice. The prime… Read
208 shop of Stradivari, he gave full scope t… Read
209 157 Carlo Bergonzi and Montagnana doubtless… Read
210 158 S. Ang. Maffei, in his "Annali di Mantov… Read
211 159 imposed changes. He would not, or could… Read
212 160 Vincenzo Panormo was the slave of many,… Read
213 161 struments of this maker resemble those o… Read
214 162 tion of their varnish than can be discov… Read
215 163 desire to know something of Violin manuf… Read
216 164 fredo.) Chiefly known as a dealer in Vio… Read
217 165 are higher modelled, the sound-holes les… Read
218 166 occupied a foremost place in the city of… Read
219 167 was a pupil of Niccolò Amati, and perhap… Read
220 168 SACCHINI, Sebastiano. Read
221 169 by this great pioneer. But for this devi… Read
222 the Accordos and Violonos. The Violins a… Read
225 171 such perfection. The material used for t… Read
226 172 Lord Amherst, of Hackney, is unique; the… Read
227 173 This maker is chiefly famed for the exqu… Read
228 174 were branded with his name above the tai… Read
229 175 an almost total absence of refinement in… Read
230 176 The material he used was generally good… Read
231 177 and devotion of his liege subjects: to-d… Read
232 178 being deposited with Carlo Carli, a Mila… Read
233 179 GENEALOGICAL TABLE OF THE FAMILY OF STRA… Read
234 180 tance relative to the question of the ag… Read
235 181 Lewis Hill to the Royal Academy of Music… Read
236 182 ments for such evidence as we require; a… Read
237 183 birth attached to them). In other instan… Read
238 184 pattern, but in his ordinary full-sized… Read
239 185 are thus led to believe that during the… Read
240 ornamented with small figures, flowers,… Read
243 187 The possessor of the models, tools, labe… Read
244 188 the said Count Cozio with Antonio's son… Read
245 189 information from the Count himself, and… Read
246 190 cular. The form is flatter, the arching… Read
247 191 a Violoncello and two Violins, which wer… Read
248 192 his personal acquaintance, praised great… Read
249 193 nobleman—"The other day I made a present… Read
250 194 the instruments. At the same time I hope… Read
251 195 and the instruments were not delivered u… Read
252 196 Fortified with the experience which the… Read
253 197 his power to create, as shown in the "lo… Read
254 198 and ripe for new achievements. George El… Read
255 199 less well understood. We find him guided… Read
256 the material varies in its nature, so mu… Read
259 201 of the wood is unsurpassed in any Violin… Read
260 202 the makers in the exercise of their geni… Read
261 203 made by him." Arisi adds that Don Antoni… Read
262 204 his fellow-citizens, witnessed during th… Read
263 205 from the Dukes of Parma and of Mantua, a… Read
264 206 Austria, afterwards Emperor Charles VI.… Read
265 207 "In 1715, on the 10th of June, Giovanni… Read
266 208 would therefore appear that the Royal Or… Read
267 209 wait patiently for their instruments, th… Read
268 210 less carefully, and its colour is more v… Read
269 211 unbiased connoisseur if he can reconcile… Read
270 212 handed down to us touching Stradivari. I… Read
271 213 Count Cozio di Salabue, of Casale Monfer… Read
272 214 was taking place, I gave instructions th… Read
273 215 The house he occupied stands in the Piaz… Read
274 216 another after Amati. This worthy act was… Read
275 217 notice, judging from the following annou… Read
276 218 ments which he made in the years 1740 an… Read
277 219 ments ever made by one maker—instruments… Read
278 220 the Italian type, and are so much superi… Read
279 221 himself with this manufacture for severa… Read
280 222 TONONI, Giovanni, about 1700. Similar ch… Read
281 223 ZANOLI, Giacomo, 1740-80. Verona. Worked… Read
282 224 SECTION VII Read
283 225 of Jacob Stainer, which they adopted, wi… Read
284 226 Chappuy, Ouvrard, Paul Grosset, Despont,… Read
285 227 he brought to bear a knowledge superior… Read
286 228 it was imagined that the object in view… Read
287 229 Gaillard, and Miremont, all copyists of… Read
288 230 sands, and is yearly increasing. They se… Read
289 231 SECTION VIII Read
290 excellently made, and the wood judicious… Read
293 233 sound-hole is more rounded and less stri… Read
294 234 BOURDET, Sébastien, Mirecourt, one of th… Read
295 235 was read at the French Academy in the fo… Read
296 236 seven years, when instructing his class… Read
297 237 Hague; varnish often yellow in colour. W… Read
298 238 tone is large, and frequently possesses… Read
299 239 Kerch. He gives some interesting particu… Read
300 240 worked until about 1852. Much of his wor… Read
301 241 They are good serviceable instruments, a… Read
302 242 is to be regretted that his exceptional… Read
303 243 close imitator of Niccolò Amati. Few mak… Read
304 244 LAPAIX, ——, Lille, about 1855. Read
305 245 having reached that city some time befor… Read
306 246 pass with the unwary as the original; it… Read
307 247 neither is it of the kind usually met wi… Read
308 248 In 1844 he was employed by Davis, of Cov… Read
309 249 a crescent off the top, and another off… Read
310 instruments of large pattern, excellent… Read
313 251 large. Amati would seem to have been his… Read
314 252 style; the sound-hole also is cut with p… Read
315 253 Rombouts, Peeter, Amsterdam, about the m… Read
316 254 born at Sommerwiller in 1801, and died a… Read
317 255 VÉRON, Pierre André, 1720-50. Read
318 256 SECTION IX Read
319 257 a maker, he was seemingly unable to free… Read
320 258 which they were entitled, and the popula… Read
321 259 SECTION X Read
322 260 and this circumstance may have given to… Read
323 261 author of a handbook on the construction… Read
324 262 DIEL, Nicolaus, born 1779, son of Martin… Read
325 263 Elsler, Johann Joseph, Mayence, 1720-50.… Read
326 264 the great celebrity of the Lutes by the… Read
327 265 HASSERT, ——, Rudolstadt, 18th century. Read
328 KIAPOSSE, Sawes, St. Petersburg, 1750. Read
331 267 KOLDITZ, Mathias Johann, Munich, 1720. Read
332 268 Ott, Johann, Nuremberg, about 1463. Lute… Read
333 269 Pfretzschner, Carl Friedrich, Cremona, s… Read
334 270 instrument with Haydn. He composed sever… Read
335 271 of Albani; high modelled. He appears to… Read
336 272 cable, and cause him to believe that Fid… Read
337 273 the sides of the backs and bellies, the… Read
338 274 can readily understand; it is an incapac… Read
339 275 Italy in Violin-making could have made t… Read
340 276 industry and research of Herr Ruf has no… Read
341 277 "Guide Book to Tyrol," under the title o… Read
342 278 lished in 1872 his book, "Der Geigenmach… Read
343 279 Court." About this period he is said to… Read
344 280 Whether he made them to order, in the us… Read
345 281 in-law of the Violin-maker Döpfer, and u… Read
346 house of Tielke. In the collection of in… Read
349 283 GERMAN MAKERS Read
350 284 SECTION XI Read
351 285 informed of the array of makers that Eng… Read
352 286 finish, at this period). The prices comm… Read
353 287 in Germany no Jacob Stainer, and in Engl… Read
354 288 stamp of artistic merit, they must be pa… Read
355 289 art, a case in point is found in the man… Read
356 290 commenced by settlers from the Continent… Read
357 291 Urquhart made instruments of great merit… Read
358 292 to successful imitation. Too much praise… Read
359 293 SECTION XII Read
360 294 Banks, Benjamin, Salisbury, born 1727, d… Read
361 295 instruments are found to have no brand:… Read
362 296 sufficient wood has been left in his ins… Read
363 297 removed to Liverpool. The instruments of… Read
364 instruments. His quaintly-worded busines… Read
367 299 BOLLES, ——. An early maker of Lutes and… Read
368 300 CORSBY, George. Lived upwards of half a… Read
369 301 made Violins that his name might be of i… Read
370 302 are the work of John Lott and Bernard Fe… Read
371 303 attained such a reputation for his instr… Read
372 304 to profit considerably during his early… Read
373 305 The name of Duke has been stamped upon e… Read
374 306 being also a German, reciprocity of feel… Read
375 307 of the great Italian masters for models,… Read
376 308 nature. He made many good Double-Basses… Read
377 309 of style is thrown into the work which t… Read
378 310 occupying his spare time in the making a… Read
379 311 gave his master's patrons the highest sa… Read
380 312 ciated; now, however, that the cultivati… Read
381 313 FRANKLAND, ——, London, about 1785. Read
382 style of Harris. In the year 1810 he lef… Read
383 Hare, above-mentioned. Varnish of excell… Read
384 HARRIS, Charles. Son of the above. Neat… Read
387 317 which was dispersed by Messrs. Christie… Read
388 318 HILL, William Ebsworth, London, 1817-95.… Read
389 319 JOHNSON, John, London, 1750. The Violins… Read
390 320 guinea for a Dibdin ballad, yet in all p… Read
391 321 used mostly one kind of wood, viz., clos… Read
392 322 of his Double-Basses that has been carel… Read
393 323 ENGLISH MAKERS Read
394 324 During his early years he was much estee… Read
395 325 Gamba; the words are, "Nathaniel Cross w… Read
396 326 Parker belongs, in conjunction with Benj… Read
397 327 used his trade label in the instruments… Read
398 328 the work. The sound-holes are striking,… Read
399 329 TAYLOR, London, about 1800. A maker of m… Read
400 330 WITHERS, Edward. Son of the above. Wardo… Read
401 331 SECTION XIII Read
402 of activity on the one hand, and inactiv… Read
405 333 and wail his monotonous despair. Passed… Read
406 334 been imparted. In those days when the ol… Read
407 335 Banks, and Forster: the value attached a… Read
408 336 The introduction of Italian instruments… Read
409 337 school which he so much loved, but met w… Read
410 338 Nicholas Amati, with case and bow, £17 1… Read
411 339 of Niccolò in particular, as the flat mo… Read
412 340 Stradivari were Boccherini, Viotti, Rode… Read
413 341 art, now in the possession of wealthy am… Read
414 342 Attention was claimed for the works of M… Read
415 343 the Prince de Chimay, it is said, for th… Read
416 344 together with those of other Italian sch… Read
417 345 all the Violins within his reach, and to… Read
418 346 good fortune in being the first connoiss… Read
419 347 regulate and put them into decent order—… Read
420 by the need of ordinary ablutions. Howev… Read
423 349 market; he had not learned that it was h… Read
424 350 walking along the Boulevards with a frie… Read
425 351 and told him where the rest was. Tarisio… Read
426 352 in these mysteries, called Vuillaume, wi… Read
427 353 the opening of the case, so anxious was… Read
428 354 ments in this collection Tarisio seemed… Read
429 355 knowledge of his occupation. He mounted… Read
430 356 Little did they imagine they were surrou… Read
431 357 connoisseurs, inasmuch as he found the i… Read
432 358 himself beside the Chief Continental con… Read
433 359 Cozio di Salabue takes precedence of all… Read
434 360 such good fortune prompted him to make f… Read
435 361 of the letter was clearly commercial, th… Read
436 362 cepting the terms offered by Paolo Strad… Read
437 363 have, however, to mention that I did not… Read
438 accident. Imagine the paints and brushes… Read
440 Luigiabpino Bg Lancetti Read
441 365 It is unnecessary in this place to make… Read
442 366 are said to have been disposed of by auc… Read
443 367 by Giuseppe Guarneri, all high-class ins… Read
444 368 which he purchased in sport for eight po… Read
445 369 about four years he had made himself mas… Read
446 370 effected. Not wishing to appear unmindfu… Read
447 371 consisted, I rapidly passed from one to… Read
448 372 speech, what tales of heroism might they… Read
449 373 time of the sale at Messrs. Christie's.… Read
450 374 mation a bouquet." I cannot find anythin… Read
451 375 SECTION XIV Read
452 376 is given of the musical part of the subj… Read
453 377 given, Paolo Veronese is represented tak… Read
454 378 the Court as much by his skill on the Vi… Read
455 379 the rapid progress in the cultivation of… Read
456 of melodies. I, therefore, got his Conce… Read
459 381 musicians, but the hero is often overloo… Read
460 382 sonatas for two Violins and a Bass, prin… Read
461 383 met it by chance, and did give 12d. to b… Read
462 384 formity with an age of dedications, thus… Read
463 385 The concert-room of Tom Britton was over… Read
464 386 Violinist. Fortune, however, did not smi… Read
465 387 by the question, 'Gentlemen, will you pl… Read
466 388 time from their novelty. In these he plu… Read
467 389 knowledge of the finger-board and the po… Read
468 390 of Locatelli.1 He was born at Turin, in… Read
469 391 The sensation that Viotti created in Par… Read
470 392 many other compositions whose beauties a… Read
471 393 composer for the instrument, has achieve… Read
472 394 them to be recently roused from their lo… Read
473 395 François Antoine Habeneck was a pupil of… Read
474 396 art. His Concertos are compositions wort… Read
475 397 the disparagement which this accomplishm… Read
476 398 were to be paid to play for you as subst… Read
477 399 cerning him, and discovered that he was… Read
478 400 that instrument, he would soon be able t… Read
479 401 Enough has been said to show the nature… Read
480 402 extend our knowledge of classical chambe… Read
481 403 talents; it was felt that he must inevit… Read
482 404 of his art, John Sebastian Bach—works di… Read
483 405 grace with which a Joachim makes every n… Read
484 406 of Haydn and the speech of articulate hu… Read
485 407 Resuming our subject again: Haydn wrote… Read
486 408 With Fesca we again come amongst the Vio… Read
487 409 among a great number of our countrymen.… Read
488 410 SECTION XV Read
490 412 into reduced circumstances, until he was… Read
491 413 Just where the hangman does dispose, Read
492 414 That makes division between friends Read
493 415 On which illegally he plays,¹ Read
494 416 Crowdero only kept the field, Read
496 418 . . . The Knight began to rouse, Read
497 419 The Trophy-Fiddle, and the case Read
498 420 Crowdero making doleful face, Read
499 421 heavenly art he was a most excellent mas… Read
500 422 ever he should pass by that place; 'for… Read
501 423 And having tuned it, he played and sung— Read
502 424 It is interesting to notice an earlier a… Read
503 425 of the maniac. The importance of this is… Read
504 426 he has no skill in archery. He plays wit… Read
505 427 strings of his Fiddle. There is no mediu… Read
506 428 he was able to pick out a tune; and then… Read
507 429 and given up music for ever, had it been… Read
508 430 you call it, sir?' replied the Doctor; '… Read
509 431 "Johnson: 'Nay, sir, that is not to the… Read
510 432 meditation, he, almost extempore, produc… Read
511 433 praise. It has been ascribed to Garrick,… Read
512 434 listening to the sounds of the bagpipes.… Read
513 435 HAYDN IN LONDON.—A "SWEET STRADIVARI." Read
514 436 the substantial aid given to our musical… Read
515 437 very decently. But ask Fisin, he will te… Read
516 438 really receive more musical pleasure fro… Read
517 439 person, I will endeavour to divest mysel… Read
518 440 that he deprived Fischer of his instrume… Read
519 441 dated 1612. His offer was declined, but… Read
520 442 GARRICK AND CERVETTO. Read
521 443 to the music-room, where he encountered… Read
522 444 THE KING AND THE PLAYER. Read
523 445 of the Royal chair. What was to be done?… Read
524 446 and prepared himself for his part in the… Read
525 447 got the names of Stradivari, Amati, &c.,… Read
526 448 cabinets, and other treasures which serv… Read
527 449 clearly defined nevertheless. When the p… Read
528 450 child; its identity is equally impregnab… Read
529 451 perty, which was brought to England. Som… Read
530 452 description of the instrument; but to th… Read
531 453 in paper, he left the Fiddle doctor's es… Read
532 454 an old woman, the keeper of an apple sta… Read
533 455 ANOTHER WANDERING SCROLL. Read
534 456 its head again. Here was a fortuitous co… Read
535 457 when he discovered a hole through the up… Read
536 458 fling, no variation being allowed for wi… Read
537 459 the firm conviction of these amiable per… Read
538 460 terested in it. After examining the deco… Read
539 461 sold it for such a trifling sum, and the… Read
540 462 take the importuning Fiddle and string i… Read
541 463 if he had any idea of the value of the V… Read
542 464 the performance of some gigantic passage… Read
543 465 Samuel Appleby, who was his legal advise… Read
544 466 some little trouble, I left Venice witho… Read
545 467 in a state of perfection. Frequently imp… Read
546 468 late John Lott, an excellent workman, an… Read
547 469 and, indeed, can only decrease by shipwr… Read
548 470 lofty triumph like a conqueror. The phra… Read
549 471 Blissful, yet laden as with twenty praye… Read
550 472 stringed instruments come in. These to t… Read
551 473 it, and his team jingling their bells. T… Read
552 474 fill the place they are in with a rattli… Read
553 475 to hear themselves talk, but sometimes b… Read
554 476 passion of the fishes. In the fervency o… Read
555 477 without the aid of speech or writing; an… Read
556 478 is, that it may be applied to the establ… Read
557 479 had convinced myself for the last time t… Read
558 480 evening all further steps for the recove… Read
559 481 'Mr. Spohr is requested to favour Dr.——… Read
560 482 the Doctor, not knowing at first what he… Read
561 483 glass, and still our enthusiastic admira… Read
562 484 business in his shop, which is a dusty d… Read
563 485 of the instrument for which you are to p… Read
564 486 self; after which, he carefully wipes it… Read
565 487 you, by means of a small hand-mirror thr… Read
566 488 they are rich enough and green enough to… Read
567 489 the most wonderful instruments at the mo… Read
568 490 bridge, nor in the strings, nor in the w… Read
569 491 "The inundation of German Fiddles, which… Read
570 492 pleasure and satisfaction, the Finale wa… Read
571 493 SALE OF CREMONESE INSTRUMENTS AT MILAN,… Read
572 494 the increased interest taken in rare Vio… Read
573 495 AN INDEFATIGABLE VIOLINIST. Read
574 496 whereabouts of remarkable specimens, whe… Read
575 497 the risible faculties are completely exh… Read
576 498 Cooke replied, "Indeed, madam, he is tru… Read
577 499 was the rise of the celebrated Baron Sti… Read
578 500 studies, I shall know how again to corre… Read
579 501 ON THE TREATMENT OF THE VIOLIN. Read
580 502 ever can be played or sung, within the c… Read
581 503 a little in the morning and a little in… Read
582 504 hey should be played as if there was a r… Read
583 505 "With regard to the finger-board, or car… Read
584 506 that I most earnestly recommend it to yo… Read
585 507 and a demisemiquaver intermediate degree… Read
587 509 INDEX Read
588 510 of his great compositions on the develop… Read
589 511 Boussu, Eterbeck … … 234 Read
590 512 INDEX Read
591 513 Ditton … … … … 301 Read
592 514 Fendt, William … … … 309 Read
593 515 Gaviniès, François, old French School; g… Read
594 516 his peculiar cypher, probably a pupil of… Read
595 517 Hume, Richard… … 318 Read
596 518 Lancetti, Vincenzo, extract from his MS.… Read
597 519 Mariani, Antonio … … 152 Read
598 520 Nicolas, François (Nicolas Fourrier) …… Read
599 521 Platner, Michel, resemblance of his work… Read
600 522 Rombouts, Peeter … … 252 Read
601 523 models; excellent varnish and handsome w… Read
602 524 models of N. Amati, 184; his house at Cr… Read
603 525 INDEX Read
604 INDEX Read

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