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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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1more of the study than the name they bear, and are valued accordingly.
3Lafont was instructed by both Rode and Kreutzer, and held a high position among the Violinists of his time.
5Francis Antoine Habeneck was a pupil of Bailliot at the Paris Academy of Music, where he distinguished himself, and became a professor. Among his pupils were Tolbecque, Cavillon, Alard, and Sainton. Few professors have had the pleasurable task of instructing such a goodly Quartett. M. Alard occupies one of the chief positions as a professor in Paris, and possesses a high reputation as a composer for his instrument. M. Sainton settled in London in 1845, shortly after which he became principal professor of the Violin at the Royal Academy of Music, and leader under M. Costa, a position which he still retains. He has written several effective Fantasias.
7It now remains for me to notice the Belgian branch of the French school, which may be said to have commenced with Charles de Beriot, one of the most delicious players we have had. As a composer for his instrument, he opened up entirely fresh ground; he banished all that was dry, and gave us those fresh and pleasant Airs varies and Morceaux de salon, teeming with novel effects. It can never be said that De Beriot alarmed the amateur with outrageous difficulties; on the contrary, he gave them passages easy to execute, full of effect, and yet withal astonishing to the listener. De Beriot has probably made more amateur Violinists than any composer of his time.
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