What was the nationality of the person Roger North compared Nicola Matteis to?
Nicola Matteis Nicola Matteis (Matheis) (fl. c. 1670 – after 1713) was the earliest notable Italian Baroque violinist in London, whom Roger North judged in retrospect "to have bin a second to Corelli," and a composer of significant popularity in his time, though he had been utterly forgotten until the later 20th century.
Max Nordau Max Simon Nordau (born "Simon Maximilian Südfeld"; July 29, 1849 – January 23, 1923), was a Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic.