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The violin: its famous makers and their imitators. : With several wood engravings from photographs of the works of Stradiuarius, Guarnerius, Amati, and others, 1880
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1was Lolli, born 1728, who wrote pleasing airs and used novel effects, but failed to go further. It was one of his feats to play on one string, a performance very properly held in contempt in our day, as it has neither sense nor grace to recommend it. Probably Lolli was the first to offer this bait to the public in order to catch their money.
3Felice Giardini was another musician of the style of Locatelli.* He was born at Turin, in the year 1716. His performance at Naples and Berlin excited considerable notice. In 1742 he visited England, and created some sensation, his style being new to the British public.
5Mestrino was also a follower of Locatelli. His compositions consist chiefly of concertos.
7The writings of Bruni stand forth as compositions of an original character, and mark the progress attained by the Violin music of this date. His trios are very bright and pleasing, and his writings for the Viola are among the best that we have for that instrument. He was born at Piedmont, in the year 1759.
9Boccherini, probably, did more towards furthering the cultivation of stringed instrument music than any composer of his day, with the exception of Haydn. There are in his compositions, movements of varied styles well written for their respective instruments. His quintetts are among his chief productions, and their elegance and brilliancy is remarkable. The
11* In "Les Maîtres Classiques," collected by M. Alard, and the "Hohe Schule," collected by Ferdinand David, will be found some of the best examples of this composer, as well as of many others noticed here.
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