VIOLAIL 16.04.2008 в 01:18
Вот нашел статью в журнале "STRAD".Текст я уверен не нуждается в переводе.Никто не сомневается,что почтенное собрание без труда поймет или переведет текст.
PAGANINI AS DEALER( спекулянт)AND COLLECTOR
Our knowledge of the day-to-day activities of past musical and literary figures is generally remote. Small shafts of light are revealed by diligent searching. The Lord Chamberlain’s records on 3 September 1674 reveal an order to pay £24 to two musicians of His Majesty for two violins bought for them for His Majesty’s Service in the Chapel Royal. In the bill, signed by Henry Purcell, no mention is made of the makers of these instruments. Henry Purcell it would appear was something of a Jack-of-all-trades, undertaking tasks from the maintenance of wind and string instruments to engaging and the supervision of trade and craftsmen. His role as one of the greatest early composers is not given mention. In April 1662 John Banister, one of the best English violinists
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