Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-01-12 | Page 3 | The Loves of a Violinist

The Love of a Violinist. "A violinist." said M. Ysayo. "can love a many fiddle as a rultan can love wive, and more. I should like a violin harem a regular seraglio of fiddles Stradl. Guadagnlni. a Guar-nerius Guar-nerius or two. a few Amatis and even a few Gagllanos." Once, early In hi career, he was passionately attracted by an alleged Guadagnlnl In a pawnbroker' pawn-broker' window in Hamburg. Buying Buy-ing it was out of tho question, and tho pawnbroker, after much persuasion, persua-sion, only consented to lay aside the instrument for awhile. Even then po-esslon po-esslon seemed remote until Ysaye, meeting a- diamond-dealing friend actually fired him with o much enthusiasm en-thusiasm for fiddle that he consented to leave a bag of atones with the pawnbroker as security for tho Instrument. In-strument. "In tbi way." ay Yaaye. "I was. married to my first love among the fiddles, my beautiful Guadagnlnl."