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Her famous suppers and entertainments in her modestly furnished hôtel, at which Garat sang, Grétry played the piano, and Viotti and Prince Henry of Prussia assisted, were the events of the day.
Montegerault at Montmorency, a lady who was a brilliant pianist. Sometimes she would seat herself at her instrument and begin an improvisation, and Viotti, seizing his violin, would join in the performance, and in a series of extemporaneous passages display his great powers to the delight of all present.
Sobbing organ notes, whimpering grace notes. Superb, baron! And done with a half smile at the darkened faces out front. The tired faces that blinked stolidly at Viotti. A smile at the orchestra leader who stands with his mouth open waiting as if the song were still in the air. Applause. All of us this time. More applause. Say this guy can fiddle, he can. Come on, baron, another tune.
After remaining three years, he began his career as a solo player, and, after meeting with the greatest success at Berlin and Vienna, directed his course to Paris, where he made his debut at the "Concerts Spirituels." Fetis tells us that the arrival of Viotti in Paris produced a sensation difficult to describe.
The influence of Viotti on violin music was a very deep one, not only in virtue of his compositions, but in the fact that he molded the style not only of many of the best violinists of his own day, but of those that came after him. Birth and Early Life of the Violinist Spohr. He is presented with his First Violin at six. The French Emigré Dufour uses his Influence with Dr.
In 1801 Viotti found himself at liberty to visit England once more, but when he returned he astonished the world by going into the wine business, in which he succeeded in getting rid of the remainder of his fortune.
This he bequeathed to Sir Patrick Blake of Bury St. Edmunds. Giovanni Baptiste Viotti has been called the last great representative of the classical Italian school, and it is also stated that with Viotti began the modern school of the violin. In whatever light he may be regarded, he was undoubtedly one of the greatest violinists of all.
He evinced the greatest distaste for solo playing at public concerts, and, aside from charity performances, only consented once to such an exhibition of his talents. A singular concert was arranged to take place on the fifth story of a house in Paris, the apartment being occupied by a friend of Viotti, who was also a member of the Government.
Studies from Rode, Baillot, Fiorillo, Viotti, Kreutzer, Sporha and the great masters of the violin, were taken up in turn. It was designed that she should become acquainted with all the master works of the day.
Viotti, the Connecting Link between the Early and Modern Violin Schools. His Immense Superiority over his Contemporaries and Predecessors. Other Violinists of his Time, Giornowick and Boccherini. Viotti's Early Years His Arrival in Paris, and the Sensation he made His Reception by the Court. Viotti's Personal Pride and Dignity. His Rebuke to Princely Impertinence. The Musical Circles of Paris.
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