A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
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tion and the tumult occasioned by the Count's entry, so provoked Viotti, that he put his violin under his arm and left the palace, to the great scandal of all the spectators. Very shortly after this time, the great violinist determined to play no more in public ; his friends, however, were still allowed the privilege of hearing him in private concerts. In 1790, a deputy of the constituent assembly, an intimate friend of Viotti, was lodging on a fifth floor, and requested Viotti to give a concert at his apartment. He consented, and the first nobility of France were invited, when Viotti remarked, " We have long enough descended to them; they must now ascend to us." Viotti had a talent for repartee. One day the minister Calonne asked him which violin was the most true, "That," replied he, observing the minister closely, "which is the least false." A violinist named Puppo being in the habit of boasting that he was a pupil of Tartini which was known not to be the case, Viotti being once in his company at a musical party ; together with M. Lahoussaye, who was a real eleve of that great master, asked Lahoussaye to play something in the style of Tartini, observing at the same time to Puppo, "Listen well, sir, to M. Lahoussaye, who will give you a good idea of Tartini's manner of playing." Viotti
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