Antonio Stradivari, his life and work (1644-1737) . xample inthe possession of M. Soil is also a specimen of the highestorder. The Batta violoncello dates from this year. The year 1715 is indeed a rich one; it contributes nofewer than six violins of the first rank : the Gillott, threeexamples formerly in the possession of the late ProfessorJoachim,t another owned by Mr. F. L. Bevan, and lastly + ?h^^^?^^ ^^ Sarasate to the Conservatoire of Music at Madrid. mL 1 1 1 ? ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ possession of Herr Robert vonMendelssohn, Mdlle Aranyi, and Mr. Harold Joachim TYPICAL INSTRUMENTS 6i one which, i
Antonio Stradivari, his life and work (1644-1737) . xample inthe possession of M. Soil is also a specimen of the highestorder. The Batta violoncello dates from this year. The year 1715 is indeed a rich one; it contributes nofewer than six violins of the first rank : the Gillott, threeexamples formerly in the possession of the late ProfessorJoachim,t another owned by Mr. F. L. Bevan, and lastly + ?h^^^?^^ ^^ Sarasate to the Conservatoire of Music at Madrid. mL 1 1 1 ? ^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^^ possession of Herr Robert vonMendelssohn, Mdlle Aranyi, and Mr. Harold Joachim TYPICAL INSTRUMENTS 6i one which, in our opinion, ranks amongst the finest of thefine—the Alard, the property of Mr. R. E. Brandt. Wemay here remark that it would be incorrect to single outany one of these violins as standing supreme in merit, forwe cannot too strongly emphasize the fact tJiat among allthe finest Stradivaris still existing there is not one which canwith justice claim absolute superiority over all others. Theneck of the Alard is original, and in the mortise of the. head, still visible, are written the initials P. S. (see fig. 20).We conjecture that these initials are those of Paolo Stradivari, and they possibly indicate that the violin was one of thosewhich came into his possession on the death of his brotherFrancesco in 1742.* We have found these initials markedin six other violins, all of which obviously retain theiroriginal necks, otherwise the letters would have been cutaway when grafting on the new one : the most notable are ^ See Chapter X., p. 237. 62 STRADIVARIS VIOLINS that owned by M. Soil, dated 1714 ; the Blunt, datec 1721 ; and the * Sarasate, dated 1724. On the othe hand, we would point out that the Messie violin, which was sold by Paolo Stradivari to Count Cozio, also has the original neck, but does not appear to have been so marked The year 1716 furnishes three remarkable violins: the one formerly owned by the Grand Duke of Tuscany, now at the Musical Institute of Florence; the
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