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Title: Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday

Author: Henry C. Lahee

Release Date: February 2, 2005 [EBook #14884]

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[Illustration: OLE BULL]

Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday

By

Henry C. Lahee

_ILLUSTRATED_

Boston
The Page Company
Publishers

1899
L.C. PAGE AND COMPANY
(INCORPORATED)

Ninth Impression, February, 1912
Tenth Impression, January, 1916

THE COLONIAL PRESS
C.H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U.S.A.

PREFACE.

In "Famous Violinists" the writer has endeavoured to follow the same
general plan as in "Famous Singers," viz., to give a "bird's-eye view"
of the most celebrated violinists from the earliest times to the present
day rather than a detailed account of a very few. Necessarily, those who
have been prominently before the public as performers are selected in
preference to those who have been more celebrated as teachers.

It was at first intended to arrange the chapters according to "schools,"
but it soon became evident that such a plan would lead to inextricable
confusion, and it was found best to follow the chronological order of
birth.

The "Chronological Table" is compiled from the best existing
authorities, and is not an effort to bring together a large number of
names. If such were the desire, there would be no difficulty in filling
up a large volume with names of the violinists of good capabilities, who
are well known in their own cities.

HENRY C. LAHEE.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

PREFACE ix

I. INTRODUCTORY 11
II. 1650 TO 1750 30
III. 1750 TO 1800 60
IV. PAGANINI 104
V. 1800 TO 1830 135
VI. OLE BULL 172
VII. 1830 TO 1850