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- noun Plural form of
Cremona .
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The one composed of the Venetes, the Cremonas, and the Ligures of the Alps, gained over to the Roman cause, opposed with vigour every movement in favour of
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 348 Various
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The above announcement cannot fail to make one reflect on the different degree of interest excited by a sale of Cremonas a century ago and one at the present time.
The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart
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Wedgwood's ware, and old Cremonas, are exposed for sale in the windows of dealers in unredeemed pledges, brokers 'shops, and divers other emporiums!
The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart
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However, with the proceeds of his Paris transaction he again started in search of more Cremonas, with about the same satisfactory results.
The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart
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Had it happened that some possessors of Cremonese gems had inflicted monetary or other punishment on incapable instrument cutters, the world would have been richer in Cremonas.
The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart
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Squire Pope would doubtless have been surprised to learn that certain violins of celebrated make -- such as the Cremonas -- have sold for thousands of dollars.
The Young Musician ; Or, Fighting His Way Horatio Alger 1865
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I have always felt indignant with the people who collect musical instruments which they have no intention of playing; who lock up Strads and Cremonas in glass cases, thus holding them dumb for ever to the eager ear of a listening world. "
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