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[26] [27] [28] Museums with his work on display, include the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Museo del Violino in Cremona and the Royal Academy of Music Museum in London. However, there are a few performers who have played with Nicola instruments, Thomas Bowes plays a Nicola Amati violin, [ 29 ] and Chi-chi Nwanoku (OBE) plays an Amati ...
Amati (/ ə ˈ m ɑː t i /, Italian:) is the last name of a family of Italian violin makers who lived at Cremona from about 1538 to 1740. Their importance is considered equal to those of the Bergonzi , Guarneri , and Stradivari families.
The double bass made by Hieronymus II AMATI in 1680 in Cremona, Italy, is known as the only remaining double bass from the early Cremonese school. The double bass bears an original label "Nicolaus . Filei Hieronymi Filius An' (drea) Amatus" "Cremonensis Faciebat Anno 1680", the type of label Hieronymus II (also known as Girolomo II) used while ...
Hückelhoven (German: [ˈhʏkl̩ˌhoːfn̩] ⓘ; Limburgish: Hukkelhaove [ˈɦʏkəlˌɦɔː˦və]) is a town in the district of Heinsberg, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is situated on the river Rur , approx. 10 km east of Heinsberg , 20 km south-west of Mönchengladbach and approximately 15 km from the border with the Netherlands.
The city's tourism office offers walking tours along the remains of the Roman wall or corresponding brochures. [11] In the Middle Ages, the city grew quickly and numerous new districts were incorporated with new walls and gates, most recently from 1180 to 1259 with a new circular wall on a rampart, which now enclosed 401 hectares. The major ...
Mount Pleasant is a large suburban town in Charleston County, South Carolina, United States.In the Lowcountry, it is the fourth-most populous municipality in South Carolina, and for several years was one of the state's fastest-growing areas, doubling in population between 1990 and 2000.
In 2006 Hamm was the first city to accomplish a "Ratsbürgerentscheid" (literally: "council's citizens decision"). Subject of the plebiscite was a plan to build a 43 ha city lake (2007–2010) near the city centre. 136,521 citizens were entitled to vote, 57,563 used that possibility and 56.9% refused their approbation for the project.
Dinkelsbühl (German pronunciation: [ˈdɪŋkl̩sˌbyːl] ⓘ) is a historic town in Central Franconia, a region of Germany that is now part of the state of Bavaria, in southern Germany. Dinkelsbühl is a former free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire .