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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 ]
Andrea Guarneri (c. 1626 – 7 December 1698) was an apprentice in the workshop of Nicolò Amati from 1641 to 1646 and returned to make violins for Amati from 1650 to 1654. . His early instruments are generally based on the "Grand Amati" pattern but struggled to achieve the sophistication of Amati's own instrumen
Amati was originally a lute maker, but turned to the new instrument form of violin in the mid-16th century. He was the progenitor of the Amati family of luthiers active in Cremona, Italy until the 18th century. Andrea Amati had two sons. His eldest was Antonio Amati (circa 1537–1607), and the younger, Girolamo Amati (circa 1561–1630 ...
Nicola Amati was the fifth [4] son of Girolamo Amati (Hieronymus I, b.1561; d.1630) from his second wife, and the grandson of Andrea Amati. He was one of 12 children of Girolamo. Amati's mother, Laura de Lazzarini, also known as Laura de Medici de Lazzarini, was the daughter of Giovanni Francesco Guazzoni.
Andrea Amati c. 1505 –1577: Antonio Amati c. 1537 –1607: Girolamo Amati 1561–1630: ... Tracing the Amati Family 1641-1686, Violin Society of America, 1999.
The violin, sometimes referred as a fiddle, [a] is a wooden chordophone, and is the smallest, and thus highest-pitched instrument in regular use in the violin family. Smaller violin-type instruments exist, including the violino piccolo and the pochette, but these are virtually unused. Most violins have a hollow wooden body, and commonly have ...
Andrea Amati; Nicolò Amati; Antonio Amati & Girolamo Amati; Tommaso Balestrieri; Carlo Bergonzi; ... Gagliano family of luthiers; August Gemünder;