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Voice and violin: sketches, anecdotes, and reminiscences by T.L. Phipson, 1898
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1officers, and of the Archduke Charles, who was present. He ordered the young violinist to be brought to his tent, where he played several pieces, and among them a national hymn, in such a remarkably fine manner that all the officers present were struck with astonishment.
3When the Archduke heard his history he was touched by it, and then and there determined upon providing for the proper education of a musician who gave evidence of such innate talent.
5Under these august auspices Giorgi soon rose to the foremost ranks of virtuosi. He travelled through all the principal cities of Europe, and was everywhere applauded to the skies.
7It is curious to note that in after life he wandered as a distinguished artist through many of the towns where formerly he had strolled as a beggar minstrel, and where he was now received as one of the finest of Hungarian violinists.
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