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
citizen--STRADIVARI, FRANCESCO and OMOBONO, sons and successors of
Antonio; character of their work; correspondence between his son and
grandson, Paolo and Antonio, and the agents of Count Cozio di Salabue,
relative to the purchase of the models, tools, and drawings of the
Maestro--Sursano, Spirito . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168-219
Tanegia, Carlo Antonio--Taningard, Giorgio--TECCHLER, DAVID; his
instruments of German and Italian styles, finely formed, and of good
quality; his Violoncellos of large size--Testore, Carlo
Giuseppe--Testore, Carlo Antonio--Testore, Paolo
Antonio--Tieffenbrucker, Leonardo--Todini, Michele; his method of
stringing the Violono--Tononi, Carlo--Tononi, Carlo Antonio--Tononi,
Giovanni--Tononi, Felice--Tononi, Guido--Trapani, Raffaele . . 219-222
Valenzano, G.--Vetrini, Battista--Vimercati . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Wenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Zannetto, Pellegrino--Zanola, Giovanni Battista--Zanotti,
Antonio--Zanti, Alessandro--Zanure, Pietro--Zenatto, Pietro . 222-223
SECTION VII.--THE FRENCH SCHOOL.
Origin of the French School in the 17th century; followers of the
Brescian and Cremonese types; mediocre character of their earlier
efforts, with a few exceptions--De Comble and the second French
School; Pique, Lupot, and Francois Gand; Silvestre, of
Lyons--Introduction of the practice of Fiddle-baking; its failure--The
copyist, and the Mirecourt factory, the "Manchester of Fiddle-making;"
its destructive influence on the interests of true art . . . . 224-230
SECTION VIII.--FRENCH MAKERS.
Aldric--Allar--Amelot--Aubry--Augiere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Bachelier--Bassot--Bernardel, Sebastien Philippe--Bertrand,
Nicolas--Boivin, Claude--Boquay, Jacques; follower of Girolamo
Amati--Borlon, Artus, or Arnould--Borlon (or Porlon), Pierre,
Viol-maker--Borlon, Joannes--Borlon, Francois--Boullangier,
C.--Boumeester--Bourdet, Sebastien--Bourdet, Jacques--Boussu,
Eterbeck--Breton, Le--Brugere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231-234
CALOT--Castagnery, Andrea--Castagnery, Jean Paul--Champion,
Rene--Chanot, Francois--CHANOT, GEORGES; an indefatigable worker, and
close copier of Stradivari and Guarneri--Chanot, Georges,
fils--Chanot, F.--Chanot, G. A.--Chappuy, Nicolas-Augustin--Chardon,
Joseph--Charotte--Chevrier, Andre-Augustin--Claudot, Charles--Claudot,
Augustin--Clement--Cliquot, Henri--Cliquot, Louis
Alexandre--Cunault--Cuypers--Cuny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234-237
Daniel--Darche--David--DE COMBLE, AMBROISE; said to have worked with
Stradivari; a skilful worker; good material and
varnish--Dehommais--Delanoix--Delaunay--Deleplanque,
Gerard--Derazey--Despons, Antoine--Dieulafait--Droulot--Ducheron,
Mathurin--Du Mesnil, Jacques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237-238
Eesbroek, Jean Van, Lute-maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238-239
Falaise--Fendt, or Fent--Fleury, Benoist--Fourrier, Nicolas . . . 239
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