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Amati, Antonio

Cremona · b. between 1555 and 1560, d. after 1640

Historical maker

Named in 5 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 3, scan 11.
Amati, Antonio, elder son of Andrea Amati, b. Cremona about 1560; was still living in 1648, according to a label found in a violin. Was …
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Scan 13. Held as more than one scan.
Amati, Antonio, elder son of Andrea Amati, b. Cremona about 1560; was still living in 1648, according to a label found in a violin. Was …
Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Scan 263.
AMATI, Antonio, elder son of Andrea Amati; b. Cremona about 1560. (See Chap. V.)
Amati, Antonio. — Cremona. Geb. zwischen 1555 und 1560, † nach 1640
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 11, scan 33. Held as more than one scan.
AMATI, ANTONIO, Cremona, b. between 1555 and 1560, d. after 1640.
Another scan of this book reads the same line with small differences; this is one of the readings.
  • Entries from 5 books stand under this name, and the software judged them likely the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 11 more Amati pages under A.

Same town, same time

12 other Cremona makers have a year in the 1500s. A few of them:

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