A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
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violin to keep off melancholy reflections ; until an event occurred which led to his discovery, which is generally related as follows:—It appears that on a certain great festival, when he was in the orchestra of the convent, a sudden gust ot wind found its way into the Church, and blew aside the orchestral curtain, and exposed young Tartini to view. His recognition, under these circumstances, by a Paduan acquaintance, led to the accommodation of differences, and he settled with his wife for some time in Venice. During his residence there the celebrated Veracini arrived in that city, whose performances awakened an extraordinary emulation in Tartini, for though he was acknowledged to have himself a powerful hand, he never had heard a great player before, or conceived it possible for the bow to possess such varied powers of energy and expression, as were commanded by Veracini. In fact, Tartini quitted Venice the very next day, and proceeded to Ancona, in order to study the use of the bow in greater tranquility, and with more convenience than he could in Venice. It was during his residence at Ancona that by diligence and practice he acquired a reputation sufficient to entitle him, in 1721, to an invitation to the distinguished place of first violin and master of the band to the celebrated
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