Excerpt from The University Course of Music Study: A Standard Text-WorkThe chest of viols, once rather common in aristo cratic households, made way for a string quartet, two violins, viola, and 'cello. And the Celebrated makers of Italy, notably of Cremona, received orders from English noblemen to supply the instruments. Some of these gems of the violin art are still in the possession of descendants of the original purchasers.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.