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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators, 1909
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1being deposited with Carlo Carli, a Milanese banker. Among the Violins there appears to have been one by Antonio Stradivari, bearing a label upon which, in the handwriting of its maker, was stated his age, namely, ninety-two years, and the date 1736; thus making the year of birth 1644.
3"That plain white-aproned man who stood at work,
4Patient and accurate, full fourscore years,
5Cherished his sight and touch by temperance;
6And, since keen sense is love of perfectness,
7Made perfect Violins, the needed paths
8For inspiration and high mastery."
9Stradivari, by GEORGE ELIOT.
11Previous to the publication of this evidence by M. Fétis, the date of birth was given as 1664, and it has been stated as 1644 or 1650. Don Paolo Lombardini, in his pamphlet on Stradivari published at Cremona in 1872, gives an interesting genealogical account of the great Cremonese maker and his family. The author follows the date of birth as stated by M. Fétis. This is succeeded by information of his own discovery, namely, the date of the marriage of Stradivari, July 4, 1667.
13He appears to have married a widow named Capra, whose maiden name was Ferraboschi, her age being twenty-seven, and that of Stradivari twenty-three, according to the date given by Lombardini.
15It is interesting to find evidence of some impor-
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