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THE HUMAN SOUND OF THE VIOLIN
“The true mission of the violin is to imitate the accents of the human voice, a noble mission that has earned for the violin the glory of being called the king of instruments”
29 April 2015
Edmund Charles Tarbell, “Girl with Violin (the Violinist),” 1890
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