The Violin: Its Famous Makers and Their ImitatorsHart, George
History
The Violin: Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators
Hart, George
Violin -- History; Violin makers -- Biography
Ohberg, Johann--Ott, Johann--Otto, Jacob August; maker to the Court of
Weimar; author of "Ueber den Bau und die Ehrhaltung der Geige und
aller Bogeninstrumente"--Otto, Georg August--Otto, Christian--Otto,
Heinrich--Otto, Carl--Otto, C. U. F.--Otto, Ludwig--Otto, Louis--Otto,
Hermann . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267-268
Parth, Andreas Nicholas--Pfretzschner, Gottlob--Pfretzschner, Carl
Friedrich--Plack, F.--Possen, L. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268-269
Rauch--Rauch, Jacob; Court Violin-maker--Rauch,
Sebastian--Rauch--Reichel, Johann Gottfried--Reichel, Johann
Conrad--Reichers, August--Riess--Roth, Christian--Ruppert . . . . 269
Sainprae, Jacques; Baryton Viol-maker--Sawicki--Scheinlein,
Mathias--Scheinlein, Johann Michael--Schell,
Sebastian--Schlick--Schmidt--Schonfelder, Johann A.--Schonger,
Franz--Schonger, Georg--Schorn, Johann; excellent work; high
model--Schorn, Johann Paul; Court instrument-maker--Schott,
Martin--Schweitzer--Stadelmann, Daniel; good work; Stainer
model--Stadelmann, Johann Joseph--STAINER, JACOB; the greatest of
German makers, and a thorough artist; his model original; sketch of
his history and work; great popularity of his style; his "Elector
Stainers;" Herr S. Ruf's personal history of Stainer's life, and the
romance founded thereon; Counsellor Von Sardagna's contributions to
his history; Rabenalt's drama, "Jacob Stainer," and other poems
thereon: "Der Geigenmacher Jacob Stainer von Absam;" said to have been
a pupil of Niccolo Amati; his marriage; his appointment as Court
Violin-maker; accused of heresy, and imprisoned; pecuniary
difficulties, and sad end; his good name frequently clouded by
inferior work falsely attributed to him--Stainer, Markus--Stainer,
Andreas--Staugtinger, Mathias W.--Steininger, Jacob; related to Dopfer
and Nicholas Diel--Steininger, Franz--Stoss--Stoss,
Martin--Straube--Strauss, Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269-281
TIEFFENBRUCKER--TIELKE, JOACHIM (i.); Lute and Guitar-maker; rich and
chaste ornamentation of his work; description of examples extant in
England--TIELKE, JOACHIM (ii.); fine examples of a later maker of this
name at South Kensington and elsewhere . . . . . . . . . . . . 281-282
VOEL, E.; excellent work; Stradivari model--Vogel, Wolfgang--Vogler,
Johann Georg--Voigt, Martin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282-283
Wagner, Joseph--Weickert--Weigert--Weiss, Jacob--Wenger, G.
F.--Widhalm, Leopold; follower of Stainer; careful finish and good
varnish--Wyemann, Cornelius . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Zwerger, Antoni . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
SECTION XI.--THE ENGLISH SCHOOL.
Non-recognition of English makers by Continental writers on the
Violin--Causes of the partial decadence of the art in this country as
on the Continent--Earliest English makers, and their several
models--School of English copyists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284-292
SECTION XII.--ENGLISH MAKERS.
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