Paul David

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Author: Paul David

A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

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“A Dictionary of Music and Musicians”, published in 1900, is a work by Paul David. It explores elements such as Viotti, concertos and violin.

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Paul David, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ It is evident enough from Viotti's earlier works that his musical education, apart from violin-playing, was anything but complete—the form is clumsy, the harmonies poor; it is also true that it was by no means an unusual thing for a virtuoso to get assistance for the scoring of his concertos; but the steady progress to complete mastery of form observable in Viotti's later works, coupled with his long experience as leader and conductor, make it incredible that a man of his talent and musical instinct should not have acquired the necessary proficiency for writing an effective score. ”

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Paul David, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ As he was an excellent accompanyist, he was much in request in the musical circles of the rich and noble, and might have secured for himself a competency if it had not been for his eccentricity and unsteadiness, which brought him into constant troubles. In 1811 he suddenly left Paris, abandoning his wife and children for ever. Arrived at Naples he was lucky enough to secure the leadership of the band at a theatre. He however did not stay long, but went to Lucca, thence to Florence, and finally found employment as teacher at a music school at Pontremoli. ”

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Paul David, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ Although firmly resolved not to play in public, he could not resist the persuasion of his numerous old admirers, and after a lapse of twenty years appeared once more at the Conservatoire, showing, by the masterly performance of one of his later concertos, that his execution had lost none of its former perfection, while as a composer he had greatly advanced in maturity of ideas, style, and workmanship. After a few months he returned to his business in London. Viotti went to Paris once more in 1819, and undertook the post of director of the Opéra, at that period in a state of utter decadence. ”

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Paul David, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ TORELLI, Giuseppe, violinist and composer, was born about the middle of the 17th century. He lived for many years in Bologna as leader of a church orchestra, but in 1701 accepted the post of leader of the band of the Markgraf of Brandenburg-Anspach at Anspach in Germany, where he died in 1708. To him is generally ascribed the invention of the 'Concerto'—or, more correctly speaking, the application of the sonata-form to concerted music. His most important work, the Concerti grossi, op. 8, were published at Bologna, 1709, three years earlier than Corelli's Concerti grossi. ”

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Paul David, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ Eduard, the elder brother of Julius Rietz, an excellent violinist, was born at Berlin in 1801. He studied first under his father, a member of the royal band, and afterwards for some time under Rode. He died too young to acquire a more than local reputation, but his name will always be remembered in connection with Mendelssohn, who had the highest possible opinion of his powers as an executant, [2] and who counted him amongst his dearest and nearest friends. ”

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Paul David, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ Besides these childish efforts, it is true, we find some more serious pieces, which, as far as invention, harmonic and metrical treatment go, are decidedly an advance on Farina's style. Still they are extremely clumsy and altogether inferior to the better productions of Walther's Italian contemporaries. Walther's importance for the history of the development of violin-playing consists exclusively in the advanced claims his writings make on execution. ”

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Paul David, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ ROMANO, Alessandro—known under the name of Alessandro della Viola—a composer and performer on the viola, was born at Rome about the year 1530. He was an ecclesiastic, and a member of the order of Monte Oliveto. ”

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Paul David, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ The Allegros are as a rule of pathetic character, and even in their quicker passages broad and reposeful. Some of his Adagios have great sentimental charm—they are however frequently mere outlines, which, according to the fashion of the time, the performer filled out and adorned by cadenzas, shakes and other ornamental passages. The Finales, with a few exceptions, strike the modern ear as somewhat antiquated. Of his 29 published Concertos, the 22nd (in A minor) is still played in public, being remarkable for its fine subjects and the symphonic treatment of the orchestra. ”

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Paul David, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ A kind of quick staccato, much employed by Paganini and the modern French School, must be mentioned here, because it is really a kind of saltato; the bow being violently thrown down, and so being made to rebound a great many times for a long succession of notes in such quick time that their execution by a firm staccato and a separate movement of the wrist for each note would be impossible. ”

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Paul David, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ ROLLA, Alessandro, violinist and composer, born at Pavia, April 6, 1757. He first studied the pianoforte, but soon exchanged it for the violin, which he learned under Renzi and Conti. He had also a great predilection for the viola, and wrote and performed in public concertos for that instrument. ”

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Paul David, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1900)

“ Studiosa varietate consitus a Johanne Jacobo Walthero, Eminentiss. Celsitud. Elector. Maguntin. Secretario Italico. Maguntiae, sumptibus Lud. Bourgeat. Academi. Bibliopol. 1688. The musical interest of these compositions is but small. ”

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