A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
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the country was, for this extraordinary man, a new object of amusement, interest, and enjoyment. All his senses were excited by the slightest impressions ; everything around him affected his imagination ; all nature spoke to his heart, which overflowed with sentiment." We are also indebted to M. Eymar for the knowledge of the " Ranz des Vaches," which Viotti was wont to play with emotion on the days he consecrated to music. At M. Eymar's request, Viotti copied for him this air accompanying the gift with the following lines: "This ' Ranz des Vaches ' is neither the one which our friend M. Rousseau has favoured us with in his works, nor is it that of which M. de la Borde speaks in his book on music. I am not aware that it is known to many persons ; all I can say is, that I have heard it in Switzerland, and that I learnt it in a way ever to be impressed in my memory.
I was walking alone, towards evening, in one of those gloomy spots where one never wishes to speak ; the weather was beautiful; the wind, which I dislike, was still, everything was calm and analogous to my sensations, and I felt within me that melancholy which has ever been present to my mind at the hour of evening and will remain as long as I exist. My thoughts were wandering and my steps lol-
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