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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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1men in Italy engaged in artistic vocations contemporaneously with the great Violin makers cannot fail to be interesting to the lovers of our instrument, for it has the effect of surrounding their favourite with an interest extending beyond its own path. Hence a brief mention of a few luminaries in the art world of the periods named may not be unacceptable to the reader.
3If we turn to the days of Gaspard di Salo, Morelli, Magini, and the Amatis, we find that while they were sending forth their fiddles, Raphael Léonardo da Vinci, Titian, and Tintoretto were busily painting their immortal works. Whilst the masterminds of Antonius Stradiuarius and Joseph Guarnerius were occupied with those instruments which have caused their names to be known throughout the civilized world (aye, and uncivilized too, for many thousands of Violins are yearly made into which their cherished names are thrust, after which they are despatched for the negro's use), Canaletto was painting his Venetian squares and canals, Giorgio was superintending the manufacture of his inimitable majolica ware, Venetians whose names are unrecorded, blowing glass of wondrous form and beauty. At the same time, in the musical world, Corelli was writing his gigues and sarabandes, Geminiani penning, probably, the first instruction book for the Violin, Tartini dreaming his "Sonata del Diavolo;" and while Guadagnini and the stars of lesser magnitude were exercising their calling, Viotti, the originator of a school of Violin playing, was writing his concertos, and Boccherini laying the foundation of classical chamber-music of a light and pleasing character. It
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