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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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1nini's when played by others. He, above all Violinists that ever lived, possessed an individuality in his style of playing which has hitherto defied decent imitation.
3From Paganini to his pupil, Camillo Sivori, is the next step in my notice. The artistic career of Sivori has been a glorious one. Elegance of style and charming purity of tone are qualities peculiarly his.
5Antonio Bazzini both as a solo Violinist and composer for the instrument has achieved lasting fame.
7Having endeavoured to lightly sketch the history of Italian performers, and of Italian music bearing on the instrument, to the present time, it remains to notice a remarkable follower of the Italian school of Violin playing in the Norwegian, Ole Bornemann Bull. The executive skill of this famous Violinist was of the highest order, and perhaps no other artist, with the exception of Paganini, gained such a world-wide renown.
9It is now necessary to refer to the course of events touching the Violin in France. As the influence of Viotti resulted in a remodelling of the French style of playing, our survey will make it necessary to go back the greater part of a century, and to take up the point where we parted company with Lully.
11Jean Marie Lecler, the pupil of Somis, is here the first Violinist deserving of mention. He was born at Lyons in 1697. In 1729 he visited Paris, where he was engaged at the opera. Lecler was the originator of the school of French Violin playing. He wrote several sonatas for two Violins and Bass, besides other compositions. The difficulties occuring in many of these writings are of no ordinary character,
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