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In my Brahms revisions I have supplied really needed fingerings, bowings, and other indications! Important compositions on which I am now at work include Ernst's fine Concerto, Op. 23, the Mozart violin concertos, and Tartini's Trille du diable, with a special cadenza for my pupil, Toscha Seidel. "Prodigies?" said Professor Auer.
Among these, the most celebrated is the "Trille del Dia-volo," or "Devil's Sonata," composed under the following circumstances, as related by Tartini himself to his pupil Lalande: "One night in 1713," he says, "I dreamed that I had made a compact with the devil, who promised to be at my service on all occasions.
There are four kinds of conveyance in general use: the calèche, drawn by a pair of horses, and something like a heavily-built victoria; the trille, a light, four-wheeled trap with two horses; and the stolkjærre and the carriole, the last two being the most popular and convenient vehicles for quick travelling.
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