Alard, M. Sainton, De Beriot and
Vieuxtemps--Polish Violinists of note--Lord Chesterfield's
instructions to his son relative to Fiddling--Michael Festing and
Thomas Britton; origin of "The Philharmonic Society," and of the
"Royal Society of Musicians"--Handel legacy to the Royal
Society--Early musical proclivities of the Earl of Mornington--Salomon
and the Philharmonic; negociations with Haydn--Influence of Salomon on
the development of musical taste in England--The Cramers--Nicholas
Mori and others--Dando--Henry Blagrove, and his "Concerti da
Camera"--Mr. Chappell and his "Monday Popular Concerts"--Henry C.
Cooper, and the "Quartett Association"--M. Sainton, Hill, Piatti; John
Carrodus, Herr Molique, and the Brothers Holmes--Progress of the
Violin in Germany: Graun and Benda; John Sebastian Bach as Violinist
and composer; Herr Joachim--Handel, influence of his compositions on
the progress of the Violin--Haydn, and his Symphonies and Quartetts; A
lady's ideal thereof--Mozart, and his "Method" for the Violin; his
early attachment to the instrument--Schubert, Beethoven, Mendelssohn,
Fesca, and their influence--Louis Spohr and his works--Bernard
Molique--Joseph Mayseder--Kalliwoda--Herr Ernst, Joachim and Strauss,
with Herr Wilhelmj, and their concerts . . . . . . . . . . . . 375-409

SECTION XV.--ANECDOTES AND MISCELLANEA CONNECTED WITH THE VIOLIN.

Hudibras and the Champion Crowdero--George Herbert's references to
Music--Christopher Simpson's Trinity in Unity--Shakespeare's Sonnet
VIII.--Violins from a medical point of view--"A Musician"--Origin of
Tartini's "Sonato del Diavolo"--Dr. Johnson and the Violin--Dr.
Johnson on the Difficulty of Playing the Violin--Dr. Johnson's Epitaph
on Phillips, the Welsh Violinist--Dr. Johnson's Knowledge of
Music--Dr. Johnson on Fiddling and Freewill--Haydn in London: a "Sweet
Stradivari;" Letters of the Rev. Thomas Twining--Gainsborough as a
musician--Garrick and Cervetto--The King and the Player--Sir Walter
Scott on Music and Fiddles; the Duke of Hamilton's passion for the
Violin--A Cinderella Violoncello--A Stolen "Strad"--The Missing
Scroll--Another Wandering Scroll--A Montagnana Instrument shot through
the body--Fiddle Marks and the Credulous Dabblers--"Guarneri" at a
Discount--Dragonetti's Gasparo: Letter thereon by Mr. Samuel
Appleby--The Betts Stradivari: Letter by the late Charles Reade--Leigh
Hunt on Paganini--Thackeray on Orchestral Music--Spohr and his
Guarneri--Spohr and