. . . 248

Medard, Nicolas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Meiberi, Francesco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

"Memoirs of Music," Roger North's . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Mendelssohn and Haydn as performers on the Violin . . . . . . . 407

Mennegand, 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. . . . . . . .