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The Violin and Old Violin Makers Being a Historical & Biographical Account of the Violin, with Facsimiles of Labels of the Old Makers

Clarke, A. Mason· 6 chapters· 19,480 words

The origin of the violin is always a very interesting subject for study. It is one upon which many great writers have devoted much time and thought, but as they arrive at varying conclusions, and in some cases opposite opinions, the result is to leave the mind of the student i...

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1. PART I.

2. PART II.

3. PART III.

4. PART I.

The origin of the violin is always a very interesting subject for study. It is one upon which many great writers have devoted much time and thought, but as they arrive at varyin...

5. PART II.

AMATI, ANDREAS, born about 1520, died about 1580. Founder of the Cremonese school. It is conjectured that he was a pupil of Gasparo da Salo. He adopted rather a small model, bui...

6. PART III.

The term “classical” as applied to music is a composition against which the destroying hand of time has proved powerless (Riemann), in other words, works which have been handed...