A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
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Bruni, Antonio Bartolomeo, born at Coni, Piedmont, 1759, died there in 1823. He was a pupil of Pugnani. In 1781 he went to Paris and was appointed a fiddler in the Com6die Italienne, and soon afterwards chef-d'orchestre at' the Theatre Montansier, then at the Op6ra Comique, and finally at the Italian Opera. He remained in Paris until 1816, and then returned to his native town. His compositions are twenty-one comic operas, duets for violins; he also published a method for the violin, and one for the viola.
'Bull, Ole, (See Supplement.)
Caerwarden, John, chamber-musician to Charles I., was a performer on the viol, and composer for his instrument.
Caito, Giovanni Carlo, a celebrated fiddler at Naples at the beginning of last century.
'Calegari, Antonio, a composer and 'cellist born at Padua about the middle of last century, and resided many years at Paris.
'Calkin, Joseph, born 1781, a violin and tenor player. He first studied music under Thomas Lyon, and subsequently became a pupil of Spagnoletti. His first engagement in an orchestra was at Drury Lane Theatre in 1798, where he remained ten years. After that he was engaged as tenor at the Opera, the Ancient and Vocal Concerts, and the Philharmonic, of
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