Show T the 2 a violin i 0 I 1 n ar grbic x y graat r t w nui t c 1 composers 0 posers I 1 are arc r wg alio llio p present r sent generation has 11 pro diirck 1101 hil ig to lo rival life hie oratorios to ris of 0 or or the I 1 operas of 0 mozart t and rossini nor xo have recent years a 9 9 seen cell nay any star startling ilina Improve nien 1 li k I 1 menti lour our T and fr ather ft her m ninilo ade most theta them LIS well it a wo we to do und tind some spine of n better belter j hill this generation can do 10 one olle linns it can play there were very f few e 0 bri great ff kt players before the present cell century tury great 0 real L composers and t great ain dingers gingers cre were numerous but great in in str c caree 1 this was 11 especially the case willi ill the lite violin perhaps the lite roost most beautiful of skit all musical instruments it is is an extraordinary thilla linn that the best violin music tas was britie iliin there was no violinist ly years cars ari ao if ile li who ho coulta could worthily PeT perform fOrin 3 oman ome of f tits thi I 1 soil 0 ka I 1 mill com compaan parn leilly lately a there are arc no scicli vio violin line as those which were made 10 ions D ago to in ill tile llie italian city of cremona the the handiwork of tilea alie guarneros Guar liftner neris ls thi the galatis and above nil all of stradivari is now DOW it if undoubtedly genuine worth its weight waight ill m gold anil and at the beginning of tile the last century when strad stradivari was wa rounding 0 anti and varnish varnishing lug IM matchless fiddles fiddle s 9 sebastian bach in ilk banti uy V tassi ul agh ii but the greatest performers baa have 0 liv lived ell in this century joachim strauss ON bull and t greatest of all a anini inini who has ne never v er been approached pro ached before or since ilis his powers were so u wonderful ond erful eliat many seriously believed that lie was aided liy by chii powers powe i rs of darkness 1 it dim dial forta form was seen bending over him it was said anti and 1 guiding li liis s bow gli its ila milovel marcellous marvellous marv ellous ious movements ill oven tents violin plin placing never stood bi higher bilier lier than it does at present it is beconi becoming more and more popular and a ali h standard of gener general it excellence lias his been attained 2 it is abranyi abran li of 0 the musical art which seems especially suitable for ladies as aa singers 1 and pianists women liae haft 11 hitherto i rarely gained renown in in music but the violin which needs skill culture and delicacy of taste is certainly a letter better instrument for the alic gentler rv entler sex than the somewhat harsh ond and inexpressive piano ladles ladies are in fact rapidly coming to the trout as violinists lilli sEs one of the finest living performers norman Is cruda and there is mr many lilly a I 1 girl at the present day whose skill 11 have been considered erful a hundred scars I 1 cars a ao ago o the V violin jolin is a hard instrument to learn skill only comes with long on practice felix giardini I 1 tile the I 1 di violinist was once asked how long it takes lakes to learn the art lie he replied twelve hours a day for twenty years together this was a 21 crust crushing ling answer and should bo be somewhat Sole somewhat what our young friends need not think it hopeless to make the attempt fora for a high degree 0 of excellence can be attai attained i in n much less time practice loci perseverance will rao wonders with the violin as with everything ery cry thing else antonio LOW lolli tras iras a good 0 0 1 I 1 performer but when lie came to gt u t t a mart ili 1761 2 lie louncta superior there in pietro pictro Kard Nard iiii lolli announced that lie he intended to travel for fora a year but instead of 0 lie retired to a quiet village where lie practiced title unceasingly ea sit to 0 ly A year later lie returned t to 0 st stuttgart tal r art with site such if inci cased powers ilia liis ills rival ardini left tin tile city aty in humiliation but it is almost to try to learn the hie violin there is a natural taste laslo for music anil UPS this taste if pie sent generally shows itself in childhood here is a story related of elizabeth mari it alic ie ger mail sinner singer iler her father ats n ii 1 1 I biu hinging 01 master fail ami oine times brought I 1 homo I 1 ao violins violin to repair tit in his leisure hours lioi irs little Ll elizabeth izabeth got T hold ot of tile these e anil and in ill her wonder it il the stra time ful fill sounds bounty she drew fro from ni it site she matia managed ed to break a 1 string iler iier father reproved her anti and ord ordered ered her to keep lier her lingers lingers off his instruments in future but the ilia fascination was vas too loo strong aud and again I 1 he came caille h nud and caught her willi a violin in her hands for it a penalty lie exclaimed you shall hall learn to play it I 1 and what would othild have been a cruel to all chilel was a great pleasure to lo I 1 elizabelh Kliza belh and led her on oil to fame somo some hard things are said of america its in the woitto world 0 music 1 1 or ciguera tall us that well we have VOll no music unless we reckon begio kle lo mr ms lodics and no composers till unless less we claim that rank tor for sir mr sankey but there nas a gentleman englem all 1111 ned Billin fillingi Uil lingi 0 cri who lived out we betl nod and 1 knew new all about ab M MUSIC it il is said A musician heard hillings billings talk and it then said that le ile wished to ask hirn him a question 1 I have lito HO doubt I 1 can call answer it il replied hillings belliti Q for there is no department of the like science ellea winch which I 1 have not studied ly 1 it is 6 a highly important ques I 1 iolli arms W I 1 a via c v u bic va r fr 1 I 1 S never yet yd been answered 1 I kiil liil tit lings was 0 growing grotrian a curious 1 what what Is 13 it lie he asked tile the musician gravely slid said when a man mail snores liol cs il two octaves aud wakes ill an entire hoti household it lc ile called ailed vocal or instrumental music seriously 1 I however ever there are tens of thousands of people in this country aali who 0 have 11 i taste for and a knowledge of music but our vocalists ire are already taking 1 a I rink rank civial to those of any ally country and wo we may reasonably hope liepe that durin during 0 the next two or three rv when e C arc less absorbed in settling settling still and developing ve 1 half a continent we shill sen see art arising s it ri aillon amongst st us its great reat architects rebii g great real painters mid and great composers the spirit of music and culture is abroad among dinong tile hie people null nud tale bolin its advant advancing in into favor faster failer any 1113 of its rivah the alir banjo is a strangely stran gely attractive etive instrument and is i no longer C confined to lo tile southe darkies 11 il t lias has of late alij 01 wonderful popularity in ill this c auntry ond and especially in ill 1 angland aland gland a n land but tile alic violin is as much superior to the banjo as a little is better belter than a I 1 iii M whittle ale there is nothing elso so truly musical a more expression can call b be drawn dran from a worn out old fiddle fidda C than fl from flout out tile most costly grand piano wo 0 hope that duran during this winter a 9 good oo 00 d I 1 al many 2 of conr re readers alers will till 1 lie he I spending Pe 3 sonic some ny of their if ac ir spare pare p ac r it time t in practicing P g the tb 02 beautiful itt art rt of ia I 1 gailli and ad JOAL joachim hilll I 1 tills this is fc far better t ter and ud g gives ie far arm more or wills WIp wil plea pleasure ls t r th than amling tile the time in ill gossiping 0 1 or r ard A IV 11 tit Co 77 j Argo sJ |