Dear Mr. Puppy, I hear the 18th century was a very transitional time for bowmakers. Can you tell me what that was like? Part I of IV: It seemed to me that violinists were everywhere and from every country, searching for a means to make a living in this fecundity

Dear Mr. Puppy, What musician did all the other musicians in Paris revere during your time there? All the Paris musicians were in awe of bassoonist, Tommaso Delcambre. A native of Douai near Arras, Tommaso came to Paris in 1784 when he was only eighteen years old. At that time,

Dear Mr. Puppy, What was musical life like outside the theatre Feydeau? On the 19th of January 1795, I was at the Café de Chartres with the citizen players of the Opera William Tell when they decided to perform the song Réveil du people. This was the piece that the