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The
Music Lover’s Library
CHATS ON VIOLONCELLOS
The Music Lover’s Library
CHATS ON VIOLINS
OLGA RACSTER
STORIES FROM THE OPERAS
First Series
GLADYS DAVIDSON
STORIES FROM THE OPERAS
Second Series
GLADYS DAVIDSON
CHATS ON VIOLONCELLOS
OLGA RACSTER
CHATS WITH MUSIC LOVERS
ANNIE W. PATTERSON, Mus.Doc., B.A.
THE ARTIST’S WIFE.
A. van Dyck.
CHATS
ON
VIOLONCELLOS
BY
OLGA RACSTER
AUTHOR OF “CHATS ON VIOLINS”
With 18 Illustrations
LONDON
T. WERNER LAURIE
CLIFFORD’S INN
TO
MY FRIEND
Mrs Blackett of Arbigland
THIS VOLUME IS
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY
The Authoress
London, 1907
PREFACE
No prefatory remarks are necessary to introducethe reader to the following pages. They emanated,in the first place, from a desire for personalinstruction, and what the French term le soulagementdu cœur, a combination—according toVauvenargues—calculated to prove useful toone’s fellows, car personne est seul de son espéce.Those who live on my plane of thought willwelcome this volume, and those who