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Voice and violin: sketches, anecdotes, and reminiscences by T.L. Phipson, 1898

59 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 222. See the scan on archive.org.

1Bottesini and his last concert, 108; birth and career, 109, 112; operas by, 111; portrait, 218
2Boucher (violinist), 10, 13
3Braga, his compositions, 167, 168
4Brambilla, Marietta (contralto), 140
5Buonaparte, Napoleon, 8
7CAFÉ DU DIVAN, the, 142
8Callcott, J. G., 206
9Capuletti, I, opera of, 33, 37
10Carcano, the theatre, Milan, 41
11Carrodus (violinist), 184
12Catalogues, modern music, 173
13Cerito, celebrated dancer, 147
14Chanot, F. W., 101, 173
15Chénier, André (poet), 10
16Cherubini, opinion on Bellini's orchestration, 42; anecdote of, 143; (see Bellasis), 218
17Christopher Columbus, opera of, 111
18Clark, his Marche aux Flambbeaux, 16 one of two readings
19Clark, his Marche aux Flambreaux, 16 one of two readings
20Classical School, the, 67
21Clayton, Miss, her work on the Queens of Song, 217
22Composers of operas and symphonies, 124
23Composition, a lesson in, 66
24Concert, the last, of Bottesini, 113; first public, in England, 114; at Southsea, 184
25Cremona, German workmen at, 132; violin makers of, 190, 191
26Crescendo, the, xv
28DAUCHET, Mademoiselle, 183
29Day, Mr. John, of H.M. Private Band, 89
31De Bériot, 57, 59, 62, 169; reminiscences in his music, 66; his manner of tuning, 123; his Etudes Mélodiques, 126
32D'Entraigues, the Count and Countess of, 7; their assassination, 9
33De Sussex, his villa near Paris, 196
34Devismes, M., 23
35Diavolo della Notte, Opera, 112
36Didon, the Opera, 6
37Di Noja, the Duke, 34
38Doche, Madame (celebrated actress), 147
39Donizetti, the composer, 19, 33, 67
40Dragonetti (contrabassist), 108
41Dreyfuss, Madame, 182
42Dubois (poet), 10
43Duet for Violin and Contrabass, 113
45Eco di Napoli, the, 66
46Edinburgh, the Duke of, 180
47Eeckhout (the painter), 150
48Elphinstone, Sir Howard, 175, 177
49Emperor of Russia, anecdote of, 13
50Ernani, Opera of, by Bellini, forbidden, 42
51Études Mélodiques by De Bériot, 174
52Evening News, extract from the, 185
53Exhibition of violins, 180
55FAILURES of Operas, ratio of, 69
56Ferny, the sisters (violinists), 64
57Fétis, 59, 60
58Fifths, perfect, 123

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