The Violin / Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators

by George Hart

INDEX

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Absam, Thomas	[293]
Acevo	[77]
Adam, as a Violist	[3]
Adams	[293]
Addison, William	[293]
Aireton, Edmund, good work, Amatese model	[293]
Alard, M., composer and Professor at the Conservatoire	[395]
Albanesi, Sebastiano	[77]
Albani	[259]
Albani, Mathias (2); Italian style, good model and workmanship	[259]
Albani, Paolo	[260]
Albani, Mathias, Stainer form, good varnish	[259]
Aldred	[293]
Aldric, copier of Stradivari; dealings with Luigi Tarisio	[231]
Aletzie, Paolo	[260]
Allar	[231]
Alvani	[78]
Amati, Andrea, his Violins mostly "Three-quarter"; founder of the School of Cremona; character of his Varnish; his method of cutting; his "Charles IX. Set," in the Chapel Royal, Versailles	[78-81]
Amati, the Brothers Antonio and Girolamo, character of their work	[81]
Amati, Girolamo, son of Niccolò, his instruments described; character of his varnish	[92]
Amati, Niccolò, the greatest of his family; special characteristics of his work	[84-92]
Amelot	[231]
Anecdotes and Miscellanea connected with the Violin	[410]
Apollo and Orpheus, in Fiddle History	[3]
Appleby, Mr. Samuel, letter from, on the Gasparo da Salò Double-Bass of Signor Dragonetti	[465]
Arabian Origin of the Ribeca, alleged	[7]
Arabians, Inventors of the Monochord	[7]
Ariberti, Bartolommeo, Marquis, his letter to Stradivari	[193]
Arisi, Desiderio on Stradivari	[185]
Artmann, copier of Amati	[260]
Asiatic Origin of the Violin, alleged	[4]
Askey, Samuel	[293]
Aubry	[231]
Augière	[231]
Augustus, Elector of Saxony and King of Poland, his patronage of Stradivari	[207]
B
Bachelier	[231]
Bach, John Sebastian, influence of his great compositions on the development of Violin-playing	[404]
Bachmann, Carl Ludwig, Court Musician to Frederick the Great; founder of concerts for amateurs at Berlin	[260]
Bachmann, O., author of a book on Bow Instruments	[260]
Bagatella, Antonio	[95]
Bagatella, Pietro	[95]
Baillot, Pierre, Violinist	[394]
Baines	[293]
Baker	[293]
Balestrieri, character of his Instruments	[95]
Ballantine	[293]
Baltzar, Thomas, Violinist	[382]
Banks, Benjamin; high character of his work	[294]
Banks, Benjamin (2)	[296]
Banks, James and Henry	[296]
Bannister, John, Violinist	[383]
Barnes, Robert	[297]
Barrett, John, follower of Stainer, good quality	[297]
Barton, George	[297]
Bassiano	[96]
Bassot	[231]
Bausch, Ludwig C. A.	[261]
Bausch, L. B.	[261]
Bausch, Otto B.	[261]
Bazzini, Antonio, Violinist	[392]
Beckmann	[261]
Bedler	[261]
Beethoven, and his works for the Violin	[407]
Bellosio, Anselmo	[96]
Benda, Francis, Violinist and composer	[403]
Bente, Matteo	[96]
Bergonzi, Benedetto	[103]
Bergonzi, Carlo (1), pupil of Antonio Stradivari; characteristics of his work; comparison with Giuseppe Guarneri and Stradivari; his resplendent varnish; his Violins and Violoncellos	[96]
Bergonzi, Carlo (2)	[103]
Bergonzi, Michel Angelo, pattern of his instruments	[102]
Bergonzi, Niccolò, his work	[102]
Bergonzi, Zosimo	[103]
Bertolotti (Gaspar da Salò)	[168]
Bériot, Charles de, Belgian composer and Violinist	[395]
Bernardel, Sébastien Philippe, worked with Lupot; excellent work	[231]
Bertassi, Ambrogio	[103]
Bertrand, Nicolas, Viol-maker	[232]
Betts, Edward, copyist of Amati, high finish	[298]
Betts, John, pupil of Duke	[297]
Betts Stradivari, The, and Mr. Charles Reade's letter thereon	[467]
"Betts Strad," The	[466]
Bimbi, B.	[103]
Bindernagel, good copyist of Amati	[261]
Blagrove, Henry, his "Concerti da Camera"	[401]
Blasius, St., MS. destroyed by fire	[14]
Boccherini, his Quintettes	[390]
Boivin, Claude, Guitar-maker	[232]
Bolles	[299]
Booth	[299]
Booth, William	[299]
Boquay, Jacques; old French School; good character of work	[232]
Borelli, Andrea	[103]
Borlon, Artus, or Arnould	[233]
Borlon, François, Viol-maker	[233]
Borlon, Joannes, Viol-maker	[233]
Borlon (or Porlon), Pierre, Double-Bass maker	[233]
Boucher	[299]
Boullangier, C.	[233]
Boumeester	[233]
Bourdet, Jacques	[234]
Bourdet, Sébastien	[234]
Boussu, Eterbeck	[234]
Bowed Instruments, Early references to	[5]
Braccia, Viola da, The	[13]
Brensio, Girolamo (Brensius)	[103]
Brescia, Da, Battista	[104]
Brescia, the cradle of Violin making	[65]
Breton Le	[234]
Bridge, The, its position, form, and selection	[38]
Britton, Tom, The "Small-coal Man"	[384]
Broschi, Carlo	[104]
Browne, John	[299]
Brown, James	[299]
Buchstadter	[261]
Budiani, Giovita (see Rodiani)	[164]
Bull, Ole B., his great artistic skill	[393]
Busseto, Giovanni M.	[104]
C
Cahusac	[299]
Calcagni, Bernardo	[104]
Calot	[234]
Calvarola, Bartolommeo	[104]
Camilli, Camillo	[104]
Campagnoli, his "Studies" and "Violin School"	[391]
Cappa, Gioffredo, high character of his work	[105]
Carcassi	[106]
Carrodus, John, Violinist	[402]
Carter, John	[299]
Casini, Antonio	[106]
Castagneri, Andrea	[107]
Castagnery, Jean Paul	[234]
Castellani	[107]
Castro	[107]
Catenar, Enrico	[107]
"Catgut," a misnomer	[48]
Catlins, Venetian	[46]
Celioniati, Gian Francesco	[107]
Cerin, Marco Antonio	[107]
Ceruti, Enrico, exhibitioner in London and Milan Exhibition	[108]
Ceruti, Giovanni Battista, follower of Amati pattern	[108]
Ceruti, Giuseppe	[108]
Cervetto and Garrick	[442]
Chaconne, of Moorish origin	[10]
Challoner, Thomas	[299]
Champion René	[234]
Chanot, François	[234]
Chanot, F.	[235]
Chanot, G. A.	[235]
Chanot, Georges, an indefatigable and excellent workman; copyist of Stradivari and Guarneri; known also as a dealer	[235]
Chanot, Georges (fils)	[235]
Chappell, Arthur, his "Monday Popular Concerts"	[402]
Chappuy, Nicolas-Augustin	[235]
Chardon, Joseph	[236]
Charles II. as a Musician	[384]
Charotte	[236]
Cheli, or Chelys, The, description and alleged origin of	[15]
Chesterfield, Lord, his estimate of Fiddles and Fiddling	[397]
"Chest of Viols"	[194]
Chevrier, André-Augustin	[236]
Christa, Joseph Paul	[261]
Cinderella Violoncello, A	[448]
Circapa, Tommaso	[109]
Claudot, Augustin	[236]
Claudot, Charles	[236]
Clement	[236]
Cliquot, Henri	[236]
Cliquot, Louis Alexandre	[236]
Cocco, Cristoforo	[109]
Cole, James	[299]
Cole, Thomas	[299]
Collectors of Italian and other Violins	[365]
Collier, Samuel	[299]
Collier, Thomas	[299]
Collingwood, Joseph	[299]
Composers for the Violin, early English	[381]
"Concerto of Violins"	[194]
Construction of the Violin	[27]
Contreras, Joseph	[109]
Conway, William	[299]
Cooper, Henry C., Violinist, and the Quartette Association	[402]
Copyists, three kinds of, and their methods	[144]
Corbett, William, an early collector of Italian Violins; his Gallery of Cremonys and Stainers	[365]
Cordano, Jacopo Filippo	[110]
Corelli, his Sonatas, or "Balletti da Camera"	[379]
Corsby	[299]
Corsby, George	[300]
Costa, Pietro Antonio dalla	[110]
Covered Strings	[52]
Cozio, Count, patron of Mantegazza, [152]; purchaser of Stradivari's tools and models	[361]
Cramer, William and François, Violinists, and the "Ancient Concerts" in London	[401]
Cramond, Charles	[300]
Crask, George	[300]
Credulous Dabblers and Fiddle Marks	[457]
Cremonese apathy as to Stradivari	[215]
Cremonese Varnish, a "lost art"	[71]
Crescent-formed Sound-hole	[22]
Cristofori, Bartolommeo	[109]
Cross Nathaniel	[300]
Crowdero, The Champion, and Hudibras	[410]
Crowther, John	[300]
Cunault	[236]
Cuny	[236]
Cuthbert	[300]
"Cutting" and maiming, Charles Reade on	[248]
Cuypers	[236]
D
Dalla Valle, Marquis, possessor of Stradivari's tools and models	[189]
Dando, Violinist, and the "Concerti da Camera" in London	[401]
Daniel	[237]
Darche	[237]
Dardelli, Pietro, his Lutes and Viols	[110]
David	[237]
Davidson	[300]
Davis, Richard	[300]
Davis, William	[300]
Dearlove, Mark	[300]
De Bériot and Maggini's Violins	[150]
Decadence of the Violin-maker's art, general causes of	[286]
De Comble, Ambroise, probably a pupil of Stradivari; good character of work, varnish, and tone	[237]
Dehommais	[238]
Delanoix	[238]
Delany, John	[300]
Delaunay	[238]
Deleplanque, Gérard	[238]
Del Gesù (see Guarneri)	[132]
Dennis, Jesse	[301]
Derazey	[238]
Despine, A.	[111]
Despons, Antoine	[238]
Devereux, John	[301]
Dibdin, Charles, his early musical experiences	[319]
Dichord of the Egyptians and Arabians	[8]
Dickeson, John	[301]
Dickinson, Edward	[301]
Dieffopruchar, Magno (Magnus Tieffenbrucker)	[111]
Diehl, Friedrich	[262]
Diehl, Heinrich	[262]
Diehl, Johann	[262]
Diehl, Nicolaus	[262]
Diel, Johann	[262]
Diel, Jacob	[262]
Diel (or Diehl), Martin	[261]
Diel, Nicolaus	[262]
Dieulafait, Viol-maker	[238]
Ditton	[301]
Dodd, Thomas, a dealer and employer of makers of high merit, and famous for his varnish	[301]
Dodd, Thomas (fils)	[303]
"Dolphin Strad," The	[200]
Dominicelli	[111]
Döpfer, Nicolaus	[262]
Dorant, William	[304]
Double-Basses and Violas the stepping-stones to Violin-making	[25]
Dragonetti, his heavy strings	[51]
Dragonetti's Gasparo da Salò	[463]
Droulot	[238]
Ducheron, Mathurin	[238]
Duiffoprugcar, Gaspar, comparison of his claims with those of Gaspar da Salò; description of his work	[111]
Duke, Richard, one of the most distinguished of English makers, but often counterfeited	[304]
Duke, Richard (fils)	[305]
Du Mesnil, Jacques	[238]
Duncan	[305]
Durfel	[262]
E
Earliest representation of stringed instruments	[6]
Early history of Violin involved in obscurity	[1]
Early makers, their great care in selection of wood for the Violins	[33]
Eastern origin of the Bow, alleged	[4]
Eberle, J. Ulric, good copyist of Italian masters	[262]
Eccles, John Henry, musician to Louis XIV.; his solos for the Violin	[385]
Eccles, Thomas, an itinerant Violinist	[385]
Edlinger, Joseph Joachim	[262]
Edlinger, T.	[262]
Eesbroeck, Jean Van	[238]
Eglington	[305]
Egyptian Obelisk, stringed instruments on	[6]
"Elector Stainers," The Twelve	[275]
Elliston and George III.	[444]
Elsler, Joseph	[263]
Engel's "Researches into Early History of the Violin"	[4]
English Makers, List of	[293]
English makers, no mention of by continental writers on the Violin	[284]
English School, The, [284]; causes of its decadence	[285]
Ernst, Franz Anton; an eminent Violinist and pupil of Lolli; also a maker	[263]
Ernst, Herr, his exquisite style as a Violinist	[409]
Ettrick Shepherd, The, and the Violin	[482]
Eugene, Prince, and Stradivari	[203]
European origin of the Violin	[11]
Evans, Richard	[305]
Evelyn, John, on celebrity of old Lutinists	[263]
Experiments as to tension of Violin strings	[54]
F
Falaise, copied Amati and Stradivari; good work	[239]
Farinato, Paolo	[112]
Felden, M.	[263]
Fendt (or Fent)	[239]
Fendt, Bernard, an admirable workman, employed by Dodd and John Betts	[305]
Fendt, Bernard Simon, a high-class maker of Italian models	[307]
Fendt, Francis	[309]
Fendt, Jacob, clever copyist of Stradivari	[308]
Fendt, Martin	[308]
Fendt, William	[309]
Ferguson, Donald	[309]
Fesca, Violinist, and his quartettes	[408]
Festing, Michael Christian, and the Philharmonic Society and Royal Society of Musicians	[398]
Fétis, M., his Eastern theory of the Bow, [14]; his notice of Stradivari	[177]
f-holes, or Sound-holes, their importance	[40]
Fichtold, Hans	[263]
Fichtl, Martin	[263]
Ficker, Johann Christian	[263]
Ficker, Johann Gotlieb	[263]
Fiddle Marks and the Credulous Dabblers	[457]
Fiddle Trade, The	[483]
Finger-board, The	[39]
Fiorillo, Giovanni	[112]
Firth	[309]
Fischer, Zacharie	[263]
Flanders, early musical culture in	[21]
Fleury, Benoist	[239]
Forster, Simon Andrew	[312]
Forster, William (i.), spinning-wheel and Violin-maker	[309]
Forster, William (ii.), spinning-wheel and Violin-maker, and village Violinist; copyist of Stainer, and of the Amatis; excellent character of his work; his instruments prized by Lindley	[310]
Forster, William (iii.), excellent work and model	[312]
Forster, William (iv.), good work	[312]
Fountaine, Mr., his collection of instruments	[366]
"Four Corners" of the Violono	[25]
Fourrier, Nicolas	[239]
Francis I. of Austria, an amateur musician	[498]
Frankland	[313]
Frei, Hans	[113]
French Makers, List of	[231]
French School, The; sketch of its Rise and Progress	[224]
Fretted Viols	[24]
Frey, Hans, Lute-maker, related to Albert Durer; his work praised by John Evelyn	[263]
Fritzche	[264]
"Fugal Vortex," The Prince and the	[491]
Furber, copier of the "Betts" Stradivari	[313]
Furber, Henry John	[313]
G
Gabrielli, Giovanni Battista	[113]
Gaffino, Giuseppe	[114]
Gagliano, Alessandro, pupil of A. Stradivari; description of his work	[114]
Gagliano, Antonio, Giovanni, Giuseppe, and Raffaele	[116]
Gagliano, Ferdinando	[116]
Gagliano, Gennaro	[115]
Gagliano, Niccolò	[115]
Gaillard, Charles	[239]
Gaillard, J. B.	[239]
Gainsborough as a Musician	[438]
Galbusera, C. A.	[116]
Ganassi, Silvestro, his work on the Viol	[23]
Gand, Adolphe	[241]
Gand, Eugène, partner with Bernadel Brothers	[241]
Gand, François, pupil and son-in-law of Nicolas Lupot; excellent work, especially as a repairer	[240]
Garani, Michel Angelo	[117]
Garani, Niccolò	[117]
Garrick and Cervetto	[442]
Gasparo da Salò, reputed inventor of the four-stringed Violin, [26]; the first great artistic maker, characteristics of his work	[168-172]
Gatinari, Francesco	[117]
Gaviniès, François, old French School; good quality	[241]
Gaviniès, Pierre, his Concertos and Sonatas	[393]
Gedler, Johann A.	[264]
Gedler, Johann B.	[264]
Geissenhof, Franz	[264]
Geige, The, derivation of	[19]
Geminiani, Francesco, his Sonatas and other works	[387]
Gennaro, G.	[117]
George III. and Elliston	[444]
Gerbertus, Martinus, De Cantu et Musica Sacra	[10]
Gerle, Johann, Lutes and Viols	[264]
Germain, Emile	[242]
Germain, Joseph Louis	[241]
German Makers, List of	[259]
German origin of the Violin, early indications of	[17-18]
German School, The, its poverty as to makers of originality	[258]
German Violins, no trace of in the time of Gasparo da Salò	[25]
Geroni, Domenico	[117]
Ghidini, C.	[117]
Giardini, Felice, composer and Violinist	[389]
Gibbs, James	[313]
Gibertini, Antonio	[117]
Gigeours, The, of Germany	[20]
Gilkes, William, Double-Bass maker	[314]
Gilkes, Samuel, pupil of Forster; an excellent workman	[313]
Gillott Collection, The, its origin, character, and dispersion	[367-374]
Giorgi, N.	[117]
Giustiniani, Lorenzo, his letter to Stradivari	[206]
Gobetti (Gobit), Francesco, high character of his work	[118]
Goding Collection, The	[366]
Goding, Mr. James, his Stradivari with an alien scroll; a curious coincidence	[455]
Gofriller, Francesco	[119]
Gofriller, Matteo	[119]
Gosselin	[242]
Gough, Walter	[314]
Gragnani, Antonio	[120]
Grancino, Francesco	[121]
Grancino, Giovanni	[121]
Grancino, Giovanni Battista	[121]
Grancino, Paolo, pupil of Niccolò Amati; description of his work	[120]
"Grand Amati" pattern, The	[86]
Grand-Gerard	[242]
Grandson, Fils	[242]
Graun, Violinist to the King of Prussia	[403]
Griesser, Matthias	[264]
Grimm, Carl	[264]
Grobitz, A.	[264]
Grosset, Paul François	[242]
Gross-Geige, The	[20]
Grulli, Pietro	[121]
Guadagnini, Antonio	[126]
Guadagnini, Carlo	[126]
Guadagnini, Francesco and Giuseppe, now living at Turin	[126]
Guadagnini, Gaetano	[125]
Guadagnini, Giovanni Battista, pupil of Stradivari; description of his work	[123]
Guadagnini, Giuseppe	[125]
Guadagnini, Lorenzo, the first of his family; high character of his work	[121]
Guarneri, Andrea, the pioneer of his family; pupil of Amati; his Violins and Violoncellos	[126]
Guarneri, at a discount	[458]
Guarneri, Giuseppe (son of Andrea); originality of his style, and peculiarity of his sound-holes; character of his varnish; high value of his Violins, Violas, and Violoncellos	[129]
Guarneri, Giuseppe (del Gesù); his peculiar cypher; probably a pupil of his cousin Giuseppe; his fertility of design; traditions as to his "prison Fiddles;" three orders of copyists; Paganini's Guarneri	[132-147]
Guarneri, Pietro (brother of Giuseppe filius Andræ), description of his work	[131]
Guarneri, Pietro (son of Giuseppe filius Andræ)	[132]
Guersan, Louis	[242]
Gugemmos	[264]
Guidanti, Giovanni (Joannes Guidantus), specimen at exhibition of Milan, 1881; character of his work	[147]
Guillami	[147]
Gunn, John, his essay on stringed instruments	[7]
H
Habeneck, François Antoine, composer	[395]
Haensel, Johann A.	[264]
Hamberger, Joseph	[264]
Hamm, Johann Gottfried	[264]
Hammig, W. H.	[264]
Handel, George Frederick, and the Royal Society of Musicians, [399]; influence of his works on Violin-playing	[405]
Harbour	[314]
Hardie, Matthew	[314]
Hardie, Thomas	[314]
Hare, John	[314]
Hare, Joseph	[314]
Harris Charles, an excellent copyist, Italian mode	[315]
Harris, Charles (2), good character of work	[316]
Hart, John Thomas, pupil of Samuel Gilkes; distinguished as a connoisseur, dealer and collector	[316]
Harton, Michael, Lute-maker	[147]
Hassert	[264]
Hawkins, Sir John, his "History of Music," [7]; his opinion of Stainer's merits	[271]
Haydn, Joseph, his quartettes, and a Lady's humorous comparison, [405-406]; Haydn in London; Letters from Rev. T. Twining	[435]
Haynes, J.	[317]
Heesom, Edward	[317]
Hel	[242]
Helmer, Carl	[265]
Henry, Charles	[242]
Henry, Eugène	[242]
Henry, Jean Baptiste	[242]
Henry, Jean Baptiste Felix	[242]
Henry, Octave	[242]
Herbert, George, his references to music	[420]
Hildebrandt, Michael C.	[265]
Hill, Joseph	[317]
Hill, Lockey	[317]
Hill, William	[317]
Hill, William Ebsworth	[318]
Hiltz, Paul	[265]
Hobby-horses, Laurence Sterne on	[331]
Hoffmann, Johann Christian, Lutes and Viols	[265]
Hoffman, Martin, Lutes and Viols	[265]
Hofmans, Mathias	[242]
Hogarth's "Line of Beauty" and the Violin	[28]
Holloway, J.	[318]
Holmes, Henry and Alfred, Violinists	[403]
Holmes, Oliver Wendell, on the Violin	[332]
Horil, Jacob	[265]
Hornstainer	[265]
Hornstainer, Joseph	[265]
Hudibras and the Champion Crowdero	[410]
Huller, August	[265]
Humel, Christian	[265]
Hume, Richard	[318]
Hunger, Christoph Friedrich	[265]
I
Illuminated MSS. of the Middle Ages, and other early evidence	[12]
"II Per" (see Ruggeri, Francesco)	[165]
Indefatigable Violinist, An	[495]
Individuality and affinity both evident in the work of the several Italian Schools	[67]
Influence of different varnishes on the tone of the Violin	[75]
Instruction in Violin-playing, by Tartini	[501]
Italian Makers, List of	[77]
Italian School of Violin-playing	[388]
Italian Varnishes, the different varieties described	[70]
Italian Violins, five distinct Schools: the Brescian; the Cremonese; the Neapolitan; Florence, Bologna and Rome; the Venetian	[63]
Itinerant Musicians and the Violin	[20], [386]
J
"Jack of All Trades," Charles Reade's	[322]
Jacobs	[243]
Jacobs, Hendrik, a close imitator of Nicolas Amati	[242]
Jacquot, Charles	[243]
Jacquot, Charles (fils)	[243]
Jais, Johann	[265]
Jauch, Johann	[265]
Jay, Henry	[318]
Jay, Henry, maker of Kits and Violoncellos	[318]
Jay, Thomas	[318]
Jeandel, P. N.	[243]
Jenkins, John, his twelve Sonatas	[381]
Joachim, Herr, and Bach's Sonatas, [404]; his high rank as a performer	[409]
Johnson, Dr., on Collecting as a Hobby, [374]; on the Violin	[429]
Johnson, John, Violin and music-seller; his relations with Charles Dibdin	[319]
Jongleurs, The	[11]
K
Kambl, Johann A.	[265]
Karb	[265]
Kembter	[265]
Kennedy, Alexander	[320]
Kennedy, John	[320]
Kennedy, Thomas	[320]
Kerlino, Joan, Viol-maker	[147]
Kiaposse, Sawes	[266]
Kirchschlag	[266]
Klein-Geige, The	[18]
Kloz, Egidius	[266]
Kloz, George	[266]
Kloz, Joseph	[266]
Kloz, J. Karl	[266]
Kloz, Matthias, pupil of Stainer	[266]
Kloz, Sebastian, his work much esteemed	[266]
Knitting	[266]
Knittle, Joseph	[266]
Kohl, Johann	[266]
Kolditz, J.	[266]
Kolditz, Mathias Johann	[267]
Koliker	[243]
Kramer, H.	[267]
Kriner, Joseph	[267]
L
Labels as Trade-marks sometimes transferred	[118], [357]
Lafont, Violinist	[394]
Lagetto, Luigi	[147]
Lamb, Charles, and his "ragged veterans"	[358]
Lambert, Jean Nicolas	[243]
Lancetti, Vincenzo, extract from his MS. on Italian Violin-making, [68]; on Stradivari	[188]
Landolfi, Carlo Ferdinando; high character of his work	[147]
Lane's "Modern Egypt," and the Rebab	[8]
Lanza, Antonio Maria	[148]
Lapaix	[244]
Laprevotte, Etienne	[244]
Laska, Joseph	[267]
Lavazza, Antonio	[148]
Lavazza, Santino	[148]
Leclair, Jean Marie, Violinist	[393]
Leclerc	[244]
Lecomte	[244]
Leduc, Pierre	[244]
Lefebvre	[244]
Leigh Hunt on Paganini	[469]
Le Jeune, François	[244]
Lentz, Johann Nicolaus	[320]
Leonardo da Vinci as a Violist	[375]
Le Pileur, Pierre	[244]
Lesclop, François Henry	[244]
Lewis, Edward	[321]
Linarolli, Venturo	[148]
Lindley, Robert, character of his stringing	[51]
Lipinski, composer	[396]
Lister	[321]
Living Stradivaris	[495]
Locatelli as a composer	[389]
Lolli, his "feats on one string"	[389]
Loly, Jacopo	[148]
Lombardini, Paolo, his pamphlet on Stradivari, [178]; his pedigree of Stradivari's family	[179]
Lombardini, Signora Maddalena, letter from Tartini to, on the art of Playing the Violin	[501]
Longman and Broderip, music-sellers	[321]
"Long Strad," The	[195]
Lott, George Frederick, a clever workman	[322]
Lott, John Frederick, employed by Dodd, and a first-class workman; high character of his Double-Basses	[321]
Lott, John Frederick (2), a clever copyist, and the original of Charles Reade's "Jack of all Trades"	[322]
Louis	[244]
Louvet	[244]
Lulli, Jean Baptiste, Violinist to Louis XIV.; his influence as a composer	[381]
Lupot, François	[244]
Lupot, Jean	[244]
Lupot, Laurent	[244]
Lupot, Nicolas; famous as a copier of Stradivari; maker to the Conservatoire; genuine character of his work, as to form, varnish, and telling quality of tone	[244]
M
Mace, Thomas, on the prices and choice of Lutes and Viols	[334]
Macintosh	[322]
Madrigal, The, sixteenth century	[21]
Maggini, Giovanni Paolo, pupil of Gasparo da Salò; other makers' work frequently attributed to him; comparison of his instruments with those of Gasparo; De Bériot's use of his instruments	[149]
Maler, Laux, Lute-maker (the "Stradivari of Lutes"); Thomas Mace on the prices of these instruments	[150]
Mann, Hans	[267]
Mantegazza, Pietro Giovanni, maker and repairer of Violins and Tenors; good work; patronised by Count Cozio	[151]
Manuscripts, Illuminated, of the Middle Ages	[12]
Maratti	[152]
Marchetti	[152]
Mariani, Antonio	[152]
Marquis de Lair	[247]
Marshall	[323]
Martin	[323]
Mast, Jean Laurent	[247]
Mast	[247]
Maucotel, Charles	[247]
Maucotel, Charles Adolphe	[248]
Maussiell, Leonard	[267]
Maher (Maier), Andreas	[267]
Mayseder, Joseph, Violinist	[408]
Mayson, W. H.	[323]
Meares, Richard	[323]
Médard, François	[248]
Médard, Jean	[248]
Médard, Nicolas	[248]
Meiberi, Francesco	[152]
"Memoirs of Music," Roger North's	[13]
Mendelssohn and Haydn as performers on the Violin	[407]
Mennégand, Charles, distinguished as a maker, and also as a repairer and "cutter"	[248]
Messeguer	[152]
Meusidler, Johann	[267]
Mezadri, Alessandro	[152]
Mezadri, Francesco	[152]
"Michael Schnapps," the Fiddle Ogre	[487]
Mier	[323]
Miremont, Claude Augustin, excellent work as a copyist	[249]
Missing Scroll, A	[452]
Modena, Duke of, and Stradivari	[191]
Modessier	[249]
Mohr, Philip	[267]
Moldonner	[267]
Molique, Bernard, Violinist, and composer	[408]
Monochord, Arabian invention of	[7]
Montagnana, Domenico, pupil of Antonio Stradivari; termed "the Mighty Venetian;" his work frequently attributed to other great makers; comparison of work with that of his fellow-maker, Carlo Bergonzi; increasing popularity of his instruments; high character of his varnish	[152-157]
Montagnana instrument shot through the body, A	[456]
Montaldi, Gregorio	[157]
Monteverde, Claudio, his opera "Orfeo"	[378]
Morella, famous for Viols and Lutes	[157]
Moorish influence on music in Spain	[10]
Mori, Nicholas, Violinist, and the Royal Academy of Music	[401]
Morisca, or Morris Dance, The	[10]
Mornington, Earl of, his early development of musical taste	[399]
Morris Dance, The	[10]
Morrison, John	[323]
Mougenot, G.	[250]
Mozart, Leopold, and his "Method" for the Violin; his early musical genius	[407]
Musical strings, materials used and places of manufacture	[46]
Musicians, Royal Society of, its origin	[398]
"Musick's Monument" of Thomas Mace	[150]
N
Nadotti, Giuseppe	[158]
Namy	[250]
Naylor, Isaac	[323]
Neck of the Violin, Form and material of	[39]
Nella, Raffaele	[158]
Netherlands, love of music in the	[21]
Nezot	[250]
Nichols, E.	[323]
Nicolas, Didier, Stradivari copyist; good tone	[250]
Nicolas, François (Nicolas Fourrier)	[250]
Nicolas, Joseph	[250]
Niggel, Simpertus	[267]
Norborn, John	[323]
Norman, Barak, his instruments best of old English character; worked with Nathaniel Cross; follower of Maggini model	[323]
Norris John	[325]
North, Hon. Roger, his "Memoirs of Music"	[13]
Number of constituent parts of the Violin	[35]
O
Obelisk, Egyptian, stringed instruments on	[6]
Ohberg, Johann	[267]
"Old Borax," and the Fiddle Trade	[483]
Old Masters, their great care in selection of material	[33]
Ole Bull and Fiddle varnish	[500]
"Orfeo," The, of Monteverde	[378]
Orpheus and Apollo	[3]
Orsini, Cardinal, and Stradivari	[190]
Ortega	[158]
Ott, Johann	[268]
Otto, C. U. F.	[268]
Otto, Carl	[268]
Otto, Christian	[268]
Otto, Georg August	[268]
Otto, Heinrich	[268]
Otto, Jacob August	[268]
Otto, Ludwig	[268]
Ouvrard, Jean	[250]
P
Pacherel	[250]
Pacherele, Michel	[250]
Paganini's Guarneri Violin, where now deposited, and anecdote of, [340]; extraordinary character of his work and career	[392]
Paganini, Leigh Hunt on	[469]
Pamphilon, Edward	[325]
Pandolfi, Antonio	[158]
Panormo, George Lewis	[325]
Panormo, Joseph, excellent work	[325]
Panormo, Louis	[325]
Panormo, Vincenzo; follower of Antonio Stradivari, and famous as a genuine copyist; his struggles with adversity; comparison of his work with that of Lupot	[158]
Pansani, Antonio	[160]
Paolo Veronese, his picture of "The Marriage of Cana"	[376]
Parker, Daniel, a good Old English maker	[325]
Parth, Andreas Nicholas	[268]
Pasta, Antonio	[160]
Pasta, Domenico	[160]
Paul, Saint	[250]
Pazzini, G.	[160]
Pearce, James	[326]
Pedigree of the family of Antonio Stradivari	[179]
Pemberton, Edward	[326]
Perry and Wilkinson, good quality and finish	[326]
Pfretzschner, Carl Friedrich	[269]
Pfretzschner, Gottlob	[268]
Philharmonic Society, and Michael C. Festing	[398]
Philip V. of Spain, his visit to Cremona	[204]
Phillips, a Welsh Violinist, Dr. Johnson's Epitaph on	[431]
Picino, G.	[160]
Pierray, Claude, excellent work, Italian character, good varnish; an example possessed by Tom Britton	[250]
Piète, N.	[251]
Pique, F. L., copyist of Stradivari, school of Lupot; good material and workmanship	[251]
Pirot, Claude	[252]
Plack, F.	[269]
Platner, Michel, resemblance of his work to that of Tecchler	[160]
Pleasures of Imagination	[497]
Plectrum, Reference to	[5]
Plowden Collection, The	[367]
Pollitzer, Adolphe	[396]
Pollusca, Antonio	[161]
Pons, César	[252]
Pons, Guitar-maker	[252]
Pope Pius IX. and the musician	[499]
Porlon, Peeter (or Borlon)	[233]
Possen, L.	[269]
Postiglione, V.	[161]
Powell	[326]
Pressenda, Giovanni Francesco, high character of his work, and especially of his varnish; his instruments of Amatese and Stradivarian models	[161]
Preston, John	[327]
Prices of Violins, &c., at various periods	[334-338]
"Prison Fiddles," of Guarneri del Gesù	[140]
Progress of the Violin	[375]
Provence and the origin of the Geige	[18]
Ptolemeus, Claudius, on Harmonic Sounds	[6]
Puppo, Violinist, Anecdote of	[495]
Purcell, Henry, his Sonatas	[383]
Purfling of the Violin, [40]; of the Brothers Amati	[84]
Q
Quack Violin-Doctors	[41]
Quantz, Johann, Flautist, and Frederick the Great	[269]
Quartette Association, The	[402]
R
Rabenalt, Theodore, his drama, "Jacob Stainer"	[277]
Racceris	[163]
Rambaux, Claude Victor, a clever repairer	[252]
Rance, T.	[252]
Rauch	[269]
Rauch, Jacob	[269]
Rauch, Sebastian	[269]
Raut, Jean	[252]
Ravanon, King of Ceylon, and his instrument called the "Ravanastron"	[4]
Rawlins, Henry, patronised by Giardini	[327]
Rayman, Jacob, founder of English Violin-making; good character of work and varnish	[327]
Reade, Charles, on the "Four Corners" of the Violono, [25]; on the Violins of Stradivari, [201]; on the art of "cutting," [249]; his letter on the Betts Stradivari	[467]
Rebab, taken to Spain by the Moors, [7]; in Egypt	[8]
Rebec, Origin of	[7]
Reichel, Johann Conrad	[269]
Reichel, Johann Gottfried	[269]
Reichers, August	[269]
Remy	[252]
Remy, Jean Mathurin	[252]
Remy, Jules	[252]
Renaudin, Léopold	[252]
Renault, Nicolas	[252]
Ribeca, alleged Arabian origin	[7]
Richards, Edwin	[328]
Riess	[269]
Rinaldi, Gioffredo	[163]
Rivolta, G.	[164]
Rocca, J. A.	[164]
Rode, Violinist and composer, his Caprices and Concertos, and his Instruction Book	[394]
Rodiani, G.	[164]
Rogeri, Giovanni Battista, pupil of Niccolò Amati; his work highly valued	[164]
Rogeri, Pietro Giacomo, pupil of N. Amati; good work; excellent varnish	[165]
Rogers, Dr. Benjamin, his four-part Airs for Violins	[381]
Rombouts, Peeter	[252]
Rook, Joseph	[328]
Röscher, C.	[269]
Ross, John	[328]
Rosse (or Ross)	[328]
Rota, Giovanni	[164]
Roth, Christian	[269]
Rousseau, Jean, his Treatise on the Viol	[3]
Rovetta	[164]
Royal Amateur, A.	[498]
Royal Band of Charles II., its poverty	[382]
Royal Society of Musicians, Origin of	[398]
Roze	[253]
Ruf, Herr S., his History of Jacob Stainer	[275]
Ruggeri, Francesco ("Il Per"); excellent character of workmanship, design, and varnish; pupil of Niccolò Amati	[165]
Ruggeri, Giacinto	[167]
Ruggeri, Giambattista, high-class work in Violins, Violas, and Violoncellos	[167]
Ruggeri, Vincenzo	[167]
Ruppert, Franz	[269]
Ruppert, J. N.	[269]
S
Sacchini, S.	[168]
Sacquin	[253]
Sainprae, Jacques	[269]
Sainton, M., Violinist	[395]
Salabue, Count Cozio di, his passion for and collection of Violins, [359]; his correspondence relative to his purchase of the reliques of Antonio Stradivari	[360]
Sale of Cremonese Instruments in 1790	[493]
Salle, a clever restorer	[253]
Salò, Gasparo da	[168-170]
Salomon, Jean Baptiste, maker	[253]
Salomon, Violinist, his concerts in London; his negotiations with Haydn	[400]
San Domenico, Cremona, burial-place of Stradivari	[212]
Sanoni, Giovanni Battista	[172]
Sanscrit Literature, References to the Violin in	[5]
Santo, Giovanni	[172]
Sanzo, Milan	[172]
Saraband, Moorish	[10]
Sardagna, Counsellor Von, his contribution to Jacob Stainer's history	[276]
Sardi	[172]
Saunier	[253]
Savart, his paper on the construction of bow instruments	[234]
Sawicki	[270]
Saxon Fiddle, in the Cottonian MSS.	[16]
Scandinavian origin of the Violin, alleged	[13]
Scheinlein, Johann Michael	[270]
Scheinlein, Mathias F.	[270]
Schell, Sebastian	[270]
Schlick	[270]
Schmidt	[270]
Schnoeck, Egidius	[253]
Schonfelder, Johann A.	[270]
Schonger, Georg	[270]
Schonger, Franz	[270]
Schorn, Johann, an excellent maker	[271]
Schorn, Johann Paul	[271]
Schott, Martin, Lute-maker	[271]
Schuler, Dr. Johann, his novel, "Jacob Stainer"	[276]
Schwartz	[271]
Schweitzer	[271]
Scott, Sir Walter, on Music and Fiddles	[446]
Scroll, A Wandering	[455]
Sellas, Matteo, Lute-maker	[172]
Serafino, Santo (Sanctus Seraphin), famed for exquisite finish; German and Italian models; excellent varnish and handsome wood, but style inferior, and lacking originality	[172]
Shaw, Dr., his "Travels in the East"	[7]
Shaw	[328]
Silvestre, Hippolyte	[254]
Silvestre, Hippolyte Chrétien	[254]
Silvestre, Pierre, copyist of Stradivari, of high order and exquisite finish; fellow worker with Lupot and Gand	[253]
Simon	[254]
Simonin	[254]
Simpson	[328]
Simpson, Dr. Christopher, Anecdote of	[423]
Sivori, Camillo, his high artistic career	[392]
"Skit," A musical	[425]
"Slab-back" and "Whole-back," The	[32]
Smith, Henry	[328]
Smith, Thomas	[328]
Smith, William	[328]
Sneider, Josefo; many of Girolamo Amati's instruments attributed to this maker	[174]
Socchi, Vincenzo	[174]
Socquet, Louis	[254]
"Sonata del Diavolo," Tartini's	[427]
Sonatas, Earliest appearance of	[379]
Sorsana	[174]
Sound-bar, oblique position of, [35]; its purpose and character	[36]
Sound-holes, crescent-shaped, [22]; of Gasparo and Amati, [80]; shape and importance of	[40]
Sound-post, its purpose and service, [36]; its position, [37]; methods of fixing	[38]
Spohr, Louis, Violinist and composer; his Quartettes and Duets	[408]
Spohr and his Guarneri	[478]
Spohr and the Collector	[480]
"Sports and Pastimes," Strutt's	[16]
Stadelmann, Daniel	[271]
Stadelmann, Johann Joseph	[271]
Stainer, Andreas	[280]
Stainer, Jacob, the greatest of German artists; his popularity; Sir John Hawkins' estimate of his work; originality and peculiarity of his model; variation in style; his "Elector Stainers;" his personal history, by Herr S. Ruf and Counsellor Von Sardagna; Dr. Johann Schuler's novel, "Jacob Stainer;" his marriage; his imprisonment for heresy; his poverty and sad death; his numerous followers and libellists	[271-280]
Stainer, Markus	[280]
Statlee	[174]
Staugtinger, Mathias	[280]
Steininger, Franz	[281]
Steininger, Jacob	[281]
Sterne, Laurence, on Hobby-horses	[331]
Stolen "Strad," A	[449]
Storioni, Lorenzo, follower of Guarneri del Gesù; his freak as to placing the sound-holes; his Violins roughly finished, but valued for acoustical properties	[174]
Stoss	[281]
Stoss, Martin	[281]
Stradivari, Antonio, date of birth, [178]; Paolo Lombardini's pamphlet on his life, [185]; his marriage, and pedigree of his family, [178-179]; affinity of his work with that of his master, Niccolò Amati, [182]; second epoch, and change of style, [189-190]; possessor of the tools and models of N. Amati, [184]; his house at Cremona, [187]; extracts from Desiderio Arisi, [185]; Vincenzo Lancetti on the purchase of Stradivari's models and tools by Count Cozio di Salabue; the letters of Paolo and Antonio Stradivari, junior, in reference thereto, [188]; splendid character of his varnish, [198]; Cardinal Orsini's and the Duke of Modena's patronage, [190-191]; the "Long Strad," [195]; his work for the Spanish Court and for the Grand Duke of Tuscany, [193]; letter of Marquis Ariberti, [193]; a "Concerto of Violins," [194]; the "golden period," [197]; the "Betts Strad," [466]; variations in qualities of wood, [200]; the "Dolphin Strad," [200]; Prince Eugene and war in Cremona, [203]; visit of Philip V. of Spain to Italy, and entry into Cremona, [204]; Stradivari's instruments for presentation to Philip [204], and to the Archduke Charles of Austria, [206]; letter of Lorenzo Giustiniani to Stradivari, [206]; characteristics of the instruments of his later period, [209-211]; place of his burial, [212-214]; indifference of Stradivari's own townsmen as to his remains, [215]; further notice of Count Cozio di Salabue relative to the Stradivari reliques	[359]
Stradivari, Francesco, son and successor of Antonio; excellent character of work, age, and date of death	[217]
Stradivari, Omobono, successor to the business of his father Antonio	[218]
Stradivari, Paolo, cloth merchant; his correspondence with Count Cozio di Salabue relative to the Stradivari reliques	[219], [360-364]
Straube	[281]
Strauss, Joseph	[281]
Stregner, Magno, Lute-maker	[174]
Strings, Italian and other, causes of variation in the quality of; how to choose them; material used in their manufacture; experiments on the tension of	[43-56]
Sursano, Spirito	[219]
T
Tanegia, Carlo Antonio	[219]
Taningard, Giorgio	[219]
Tarisio, Luigi, and his collection of Violins; his singular career and character, and painful end	[344-356]
Tarr, W.	[328]
Tartini, Giuseppe; his musical compositions; high opinion of Dr. Burney on	[388]
Tartini, Signor, on the treatment of the Violin	[501]
Taylor, meritorious work	[329]
Tecchler	[219]
Tedesco	[220]
Tension and pressure of Violin Strings	[54]
Testore, Carlo Antonio, excellent work	[220]
Testore, Carlo Giuseppe	[220]
Testore, Giovanni	[220]
Testore, Paolo Antonio	[220]
Teutonic origin of the Violin	[17]
Thackeray on Orchestral Music	[471]
Theress, Charles	[254]
Thibout, Jacques Pierre, a well-known dealer, and excellent workman; his relations with Luigi Tarisio	[254]
Thomassin	[254]
Thompson	[329]
Thorowgood, Henry	[329]
Three-stringed Violins	[25]
Tieffenbrucker, Leonardo	[220]
Tieffenbrucker	[281]
Tielke, Joachim, Lute and Guitar-maker; magnificent ornamentation of his work	[281]
Tielke, Joachim, Viol and Violin-maker, examples in the Kensington collection	[282]
Tilley, Thomas	[329]
Tobin	[329]
Tobin, Richard	[329]
Todini, Michele, his musical clock-work, and new mode of stringing the Violono	[220]
Tononi, Carlo Antonio	[221]
Tononi, Carlo, excellent work and varnish	[221]
Tononi, Felice	[222]
Tononi, Giovanni, high-class work	[222]
Tononi, Guido	[222]
Traditional History of Cremonese makers (see Ceruti, Enrico)	[108]
Trapani, Raffaele	[222]
Trinity in Unity, Musical illustration of	[423]
Troubadours and Trouvères	[10]
Tywersus	[254]
U
Urquhart, Thomas, high-class work and excellent varnish	[329]
V
Vaillant, François	[254]
Valentine William	[329]
Valenzano, G. M.	[222]
"Varnish, Dodd's"	[302]
Varnish, Italian, that of the several Schools compared	[70]
Venetian Catlins	[46]
Veracini, Solo Violinist, [208], [379]; J. B. Volumier, and Stradivari	[207]
Veronese, Paolo, his "Marriage at Cana"	[375]
Véron, Pierre	[255]
Vetrini, Battista	[222]
Vibrecht, Gysbert	[255]
Vieuxtemps, Henri, his Concertos	[396]
Vimercati, Paolo	[222]
Viola da Braccia, The	[13]
Viola di Bordone, The	[270]
Violin, construction of the, [27]; three-stringed, [25]; four-stringed, [26]; acoustical properties of the	[30]
Violin, Tartini on the art of Playing	[501]
Violins, from a medical point of view	[424]
Violin, The, and its Votaries	[331]
Violinist, An indefatigable	[495]
Violono, or Bass-Viol, of Gasparo da Salò	[24]
Viols, Ancient, by Hieronymus Brensius	[103]
Viols in connection with Madrigal and with Church Service	[21], [377]
Viotti, Giovanni Battista, high character of his compositions	[390]
Voel, E., excellent character of work	[282]
Vogel	[282]
Vogler, Johann Georg	[283]
Voigt, Martin	[283]
Volème (Volumier), G. B., musical director to the King of Poland, and Stradivari's set of twelve Violins	[207]
Vuillaume, Claude François	[255]
Vuillaume, Jean	[255]
Vuillaume, J. B., a prolific maker and excellent workman, [255]; his association with Tarisio, and purchase of his collection	[356]
Vuillaume, N. F., maker and connoisseur	[255]
Vuillaume, Sébastien	[255]
W
Wagner, Joseph	[283]
Wamsley, Peter, high-class English maker	[329]
Wandering Scroll, A	[455]
Waterloo Purse, and Stradivarius	[217]
Weickert	[283]
Weigert	[283]
Weiss, Jacob	[283]
Wenger, G. F.	[283]
Wenger, Lute-maker	[222]
Widhalm (or Withalm), Leopold, a high-class imitator of Stainer	[283]
Wieniawski, Henri	[396]
Willaert, Adrian, the "Father of the Madrigal"	[21]
Wise, Christopher	[329]
Wish, A.	[495]
Withers, Edward	[329]
Withers, Edward (2)	[330]
Witting, J. G.	[283]
"Wolf-notes"	[36]
Woods, various, used in the manufacture of the Violin	[31]
Wyemann, Cornelius	[283]
Y
Young, father and son, and Purcell's catch	[330]
Z
Zannetto, Viol-maker	[222]
Zanola	[222]
Zanoli	[223]
Zanotti, A.	[223]
Zanti, Alessandro	[223]
Zanure, Viol-maker	[223]
Zenatto	[223]
Zwerger, Antoni	[283]

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