A. Mason Clarke

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

PART I. HISTORICAL. I. INTRODUCTORY AND EARLY ENGLISH.

PART II. BIOGRAPHICAL. VIOLIN MAKERS OF THE OLD SCHOOLS. I. ITALIAN.

PART III. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLASSICAL MUSIC FOR THE VIOLIN AND OTHER STRINGED INSTRUMENTS.

FOOTNOTES

INDEX.

Transcriber's Notes

A Copy of the Gasparo da Salo Violin used by Ole Bull, the Famous Scandinavian Violinist, made by Mr. Gillingham, of Chiswick. (The front view of this violin will be found on the cover.)

THE VIOLIN
AND
OLD VIOLIN MAKERS

BEING A
HISTORICAL & BIOGRAPHICAL
ACCOUNT OF THE VIOLIN
With Facsimiles of Labels
of the Old Makers

BY
A. MASON CLARKE
[Author of “Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers.”]

London:
WILLIAM REEVES, 83 CHARING CROSS ROAD, W.C.
Publisher of Books on Music.

Printed by The New Temple Press, Norbury Crescent, London, S.W.16.