. . . 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, Niccolo, his work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Bergonzi, Zosimo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Bertolotti (Gaspar da Salo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Beriot, Charles de, Belgian composer and Violinist . . . . . . . 395

Bernardel, Sebastien 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

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