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Makers from nearby Brescia experimented, such as Gasparo da Salò, Micheli, Zanetto and Pellegrino, but it was Andrea Amati who gave the modern violin family their definitive profile. A claim that Andrea Amati received the first order for a violin from Lorenzo de' Medici in 1555 is invalid as Lorenzo de' Medici died in 1492. A number of Andrea ...
Andrea Amati (ca. 1505 - 1577, Cremona) was a luthier, from Cremona, Italy. [1] [2] Amati is credited with making the first instruments of the violin family that are in the form we use today. [3] Several of his instruments survive to the present day, and some of them can still be played.
This is to distinguish it from the viola da gamba (meaning viola for the leg) family, in which all the members are all held with the legs. The likely predecessors of the violin family include the lira da braccio and the rebec. The earliest surviving cellos are made by Andrea Amati, the first known member of the celebrated Amati family of ...
Born in Cremona, Andrea Amati's son and Girolamo Amati's brother, Antonio worked first with his father, then with his brother, in the same workshop. With the latter, he refined his construction technique and style. For about ten years, they co-signed their works with their Latinized names: "Antonius & Hieronymus Amati"
For about ten years, they co-signed their works with their Latinized names: "Antonius & Hieronymus Amati". Girolamo slightly increased the size of his instruments, compared to those of his father. His son, Nicolò Amati (1596-1684), whom he trained in the workshop, was the master of Andrea Guarneri and possibly of Antonio Stradivari and ...
The violin shows influence from Amati and the model is based on Amati's violins, but the narrow purfling differs from Amati's style. [3] c. 1666 The violin was owned by Eugene Sarbu. [4] Aranyi: 1667 Francis Aranyi (collector) Sold at Sotheby's London, 12 November 1986. [5] Dubois: 1667 Canimex Inc. On display at the Chimei Museum. ex-Captain ...
Thought to be born in 1626 to Bartolomo Guarneri in the parish of Cremona, Italy, very little is known about Andrea Guarneri's ancestors. [3] There are records of a wood-carver by the name of Giovanni Battista Guerine, which may have been an alternative spelling of Guarneri, who lived near the residence of Nicolò Amati in Cremona in 1632, and it is possible that Andrea Guarneri was a relation ...
The Amati Quartet in Residence was established in August 2003 with Marla Cole (first violin), Michael Swan [5] (second violin), Geoff Cole [6] (viola) and Linda Bardutz [7] (cello). In 2004, Luke Hnenny [8] became second violinist and Peter Hedlin [6] replaced Bardutz as cellist. The Amati Quartet performed a yearly recital series, and played ...