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The violin-like instruments that existed when Amati began his career only had three strings. [10] Amati is credited with creating the first four stringed violin-like instrument. [ 11 ] Laurence Witten also lists Amati and Gasparo' da Salo, as well as Pellegrino de' Micheli , also from Brescia; as well and Ventura di Francesco de' Machetti ...
Sonata in F for Keyboard, Violoncello and Violin (or Flute), K. 13 (1764) Sonata in C for Keyboard, Violoncello and Violin (or Flute), K. 14 (1764) Sonata in B-flat for Keyboard, Violoncello and Violin (or Flute), K. 15 (1764) Violin Sonatas, KV 26–31 (1766) Sonata in E-flat for Keyboard and Violin, K. 26 (1766) Sonata in G for Keyboard and ...
Andrea Amati (c. 1505 – 20 December 1577) designed and created the violin, viola and cello known as the "violin family". Based in Cremona, Italy , he standardized the basic form, shape, size, materials and method of construction.
The oldest confirmed surviving violin, dated inside, is the "Charles IX" by Andrea Amati, made in Cremona in 1564, but the label is very doubtful. The Metropolitan Museum of Art has an Amati violin that may be even older, possibly dating to 1558 but just like the Charles IX the date is unconfirmed. [ 22 ]
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.
Op. 9 No. 5 – Violin Sonata in A minor; Op. 9 No. 6 – Violin Sonata in D major; Op. 9 No. 7 – Violin Sonata in G major; Op. 9 No. 8 – Violin Sonata in C major; Op. 9 No. 9 – Violin Sonata in E flat major; Op. 9 No. 10 – Violin Sonata in F sharp minor; Op. 9 No. 11 – Violin Sonata in G minor; Op. 9 No. 12 – Violin Sonata in G major
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 violino piccolo (also called the Diskantgeige, Terzgeige, Quartgeige or Violino alla francese and sometimes in English as the Piccolo Violin) is a small stringed instrument of the baroque period. Most examples are similar to a child's size violin in size, and are tuned a minor third (B ♭ 3 –F 4 –C 5 –G 5) or a fourth higher (C 4 ...