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Novello, Marco Antonio

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  1. Old violins (1905)

    NOVELLO, Marco Antonio, a brother of Pietro Valentino Novello; in Venice at the same time; good work.

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    1. NORMAN, Barak, b. 1688; d. 1740. (See p. 125.)
    2. NORRIS, John, b. 1739, London; d. March 10, 1818; pupil of Thomas Smith; went into partnership with Robert Barnes in 1765.
    3. NOVELLO, Pietro Valentino, brother of Marco Antonio Novello. Venice, eighteenth century.
    4. NOVELLO, Marco Antonio, a brother of Pietro Valentino Novello; in Venice at the same time; good work.
    5. NOVERSI, Cosimo. Florence, seventeenth century.
    6. OBBO, Marco. Naples, 1712; ordinary work.
    7. OBICI (Obue), Bartolommeo. Verona in 1684.

  2. An encyclopedia of the violin (1925)

    NOVELLO, MARCO ANTONIO, Venice, 1780 to 1795.

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    2. NORRIS, JOHN, London, b. about 1739, d. 1818.
    4. NOVELLO, MARCO ANTONIO, Venice, 1780 to 1795.
    6. NOVELLO, PIETRO VALENTINO, Venice, 1790 to 1800.

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Printed in An encyclopedia of the violin (1925); An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1926); Old violins (1905), and nowhere else on this site: that is the entire basis of this maker’s record. Entries from 2 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. No claim beyond the printed naming is invented here — not established is the accurate word for it, and we want to hear from you if that can change.

What the books say

Places and dates of work
NOVELLO, MARCO ANTONIO, Venice, 1780 to 1795. reported1
Places and dates of work
NOVELLO, MARCO ANTONIO, Venice, 1780 to 1795. reported1
Places and dates of work
NOVELLO, Marco Antonio, a brother of Pietro Valentino Novello; in Venice at the same time; good work. reported1

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3 of the 3 lines here were read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words), not by a person looking at the page image. 2 of them rest on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on their own line: “VIOLIN MAKERS IN EUROPE”, “DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS”.

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The books behind this record

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  1. Alberto Bachmann, An encyclopedia of the violin (1925). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000albe_h3k7. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000albe_h3k7.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  2. Alberto Bachmann, An Encyclopedia of the Violin (1925). archive.org, encyclopediaofvi0000albe_u1d5. https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofvi0000albe_u1d5.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald), 1839-1901, Old violins (Edinburgh, Grant, 1905). archive.org, oldviolins00hawe. https://archive.org/details/oldviolins00hawe.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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