ish . . . . 329

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Vaillant, Francois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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

Veron, 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 Salo . . . . . . . . . . . 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

Voleme (Volumier), G. B., musical director to the King of
Poland, and Stradivari's set of twelve Violins . . . . . . . . 207

Vuillaume, Claude Francois . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Vuillaume, Jean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Vuillaume, J. B., a prolific maker and excellent workman, 255;
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