"from a tremendously vital white-hot fortissimo down to a trembling, limpid pianissimo so distant that it was difficult to sense whence the mysterious sound could be coming"
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Lionel Tertis
Lionel Tertis (29 December 1876 – 22 February 1975) was an English violist and one of the first viola players to find international fame.
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