The Violin / Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators

by George Hart

But you must not vigorously move immediately from semiquavers to demisemiquavers, as in this example, or from these to the next in degree—that would be doubling the velocity of the shake all at once, which would be a skip, not a graduation; but you can imagine between a semiquaver and a demisemiquaver intermediate degrees of rapidity, quicker than the one, and slower than the other of these characters; you are therefore to increase in velocity by the same degrees in practising the shake, as in loudness when you make a swell. You must attentively and assiduously persevere in the practice of this embellishment, and begin at first with an open string, upon which if you are once able to make a good shake with the first finger, you will with the greater facility acquire one with the second, the third, and the fourth, or little finger, with which you must practise in a particular manner, as more feeble than the rest of its brethren. I shall, at present, propose no other studies to your application: what I have already said is more than sufficient, if your zeal is equal to my wishes for your improvement. I hope you will sincerely inform me whether I have explained myself clearly thus far; that you will accept of my respects, which I likewise beg of you to present to the Prioress, to Signora Teresa, and to Signora Chiara, for all whom I have a sincere regard; and believe me to be with great affection,

"'Your obedient and most humble servant,
"'GIUSEPPE TARTINI.'"

INDEX

A
	PAGE
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]

The Gresham Press,
UNWIN BROTHERS, LIMITED,
WOKING AND LONDON.

The Violin and its Music

BY

GEORGE HART

Illustrated with several Steel Engravings of Eminent Violinists.