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with Tertis before him, there simply was no one of sufficient stature from whom he could learn how to realize his ideal sound. He was as much a "one-off," self-taught phenomenon as Tertis, although he made rather less fuss about it. His straightforward, businesslike attitude was as much a part of his British inheritance as Tertis's more demonstrative behavior was a product of his East Euro pean ancestry. The Scots have long been famed for hiding a highly sensitized, fantasti cal imagination behind a confident exterior. Looked at this way Primrose was not just a typical Scot but a great one-in the sublime inner tension of his cantilena spoke a true poet's voice.

Article taken, courtesy ofthe author, from the Programme of the XXlll International Viola Congress at Glasgow. Tully Potter is a well-known London author and critic on music subjects. His writings in newspapers and journals, such as The Strad, and his liner notes in CD's for recording compa nies are many. He has compiled an eight-CD set for the Pearl label entitled "The Recorded Viola. " Potter professes the viola to be his fa vorite instrument.

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