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The violinist, 1900
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1of the paper they were taken from and the date of publication. This information should be written in the margins of each article, for the guidance of the secretary. The secretary will keep such articles in hand for the reference of officers, or, should the academy be in position to do so, see that some comment on these articles reaches the publishers in question, either through correspondence or through the publication of articles of an argumentative or combative nature, calculated to convince press and public that the modern maker is watching the press and doesn't propose to stand idly by and witness such gross inaccuracies as now go the rounds of the press.
3"Until such time as provision may be made for the insurance of a monthly bulletin, The Violin World, New York City, shall be used as the official medium for the interchange of ideas and the publication of notices by the various officers and committees of The American Academy of Violin Makers."
5The movement for the Association of Violin Makers for their mutual benefit is a much needed one; and we sincerely hope that some such association will be culminated. It is difficult to be all-wise at the beginning of a movement; but with experienced men in the lead, and men who have the real good of the fraternity at heart, a principle of union should be evolved which shall protect them from imposture and insure the violin public, teachers, artists and connoisseurs of the right kind of service.
7The foregoing has been written that the best violin makers of America, and those of unsullied reputation, shall band themselves together for this protection to the public. It is not and should not be a movement for personal gain, but a public spirited movement for the protection of the owners of violins.
9Another movement somewhat in this line was begun some two or three years ago in that cradle of American work and education, Boston. It is called the "Cremona Club." This has no fees, and membership is by invitation. The members get together once a month to discuss matters pertaining to the craft, examine specimens of each other's workmanship, either making or repairing, and old violins are often examined and discussed; varnish and the different kinds of woods and technical news of the violin world is brought before them. The editor of THE VIOLINIST has been conversant with the work of this club, and the good it has done cannot be estimated. It is an education in itself, the men have learned the art of generosity to fellow craftsmen, together with other more important ones.
11The bulk of Paganini's fortune, about two million francs, as also the precious collection of instruments (with the exception of his favorite Guarnerius, bequeathed to the Genoa musuem) went to his son, Baron Achille Paganini.
13That Paganini had not a few enemies (mostly professional) is a lot shared by all men of distinction and greatness. He was accused of dissipation, measureless jealousy, murder, greed, avarice and charlatanism in his art. If he had been a compilation of all these vices, how is it possible that the world should have idolized him for forty years and longer, all the time knowing of his worthlessness as a man, and of his humbug as a virtuoso? The numerous concerts for charity he gave show us his nobler impulses.
15Lack of almost any kind of education, the severe treatment by a tyrannical father, early triumphs on the concert stage, and the accompanying homage may to a great extent account for his foolish deeds. His generous gift of twenty thousand francs to the young composer Berlioz, whose music fascinated Paganini, has found skeptical critics, among whom
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