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Scan 34
The violin maker, 1905
6 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. Printed page 28. See the scan on archive.org.
1maker of the world. He received the little German with much kindness, and when he learned that Matthias had already studied with the famous Stainer his interest in the boy increased. Cremona was a beautiful city, with many magnificent churches and marble palaces, and over all a wonderful, cloudless sky. But—there was something wanting—and the little Matthias missed it greatly.
3Several days had passed after his arrival, and he sat one day in the garden which belonged to the Maestro Amati. His gaze was turned to the north; he saw the dark pines on the hills of the horizon, and now the magic spell of the forest around his home was upon him; he saw the face of his father, of his beloved mother, and tears ran down his cheeks. Homesickness had come upon him. It seemed to him as though a voice in his breast cried out: "Matthias, why didst thou leave thy parents? Dost thou know if thou shalt ever see them again? Think how well it was with thee in thy father's house."
5Matthias arose. Like a secret spell, the voice
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