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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.
Amati instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York) Andrea Amati: Violin, c. 1560; Nicolò Amati: Violin, 1669; Amati instruments at the National Music Museum (University of South Dakota): Andrea Amati: "The King", circa 1545, the world's oldest extant cello; Viola, 1560; Violin, 1560; Violin, 1574; Girolamo Amati: Double bass, 1680 ...
Op. 2 No. 8 – Violin Sonata in D major; Op. 2 No. 9 – Violin Sonata in E major; Op. 2 No. 10 – Violin Sonata in C minor; Op. 2 No. 11 – Violin Sonata in B minor; Op. 2 No. 12 – Violin Sonata in G minor; Op. 3 No. 1 – Sonata for 2 violins in G major; Op. 3 No. 2 – Sonata for 2 violins in A major; Op. 3 No. 3 – Sonata for 2 ...
A violin sonata is a musical composition for violin, often accompanied by a keyboard instrument and in earlier periods with a bass instrument doubling the keyboard bass line. The violin sonata developed from a simple baroque form with no fixed format to a standardised and complex classical form.
William Henley's Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers, Brighton, Amati, 1973. Cacciatori, Fausto: Il DNA degli Amati, Cremona 2006, ISBN 978-8889839119. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG2), Personenteil Vol. 1, Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999. Stefan Drees: Lexikon der Violine, Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 2004, ISBN 978-3-89007-544-0.
Don Nicolò Amati [1] (born Nicolò Marchioni or Nicolò Melchioni; [2] 1662–1752) was an Italian violin maker based in Bologna. In 1687 he entered priesthood. In 1687 he entered priesthood. He pursued both careers, priesthood and violinmaking, throughout his lifetime.
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 ...
The Violin Sonata No. 4 in A minor, Op. 23 is a three-movement work for violin and piano composed by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1801. It was published in October that year, and dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries .