Cremona · 1540 to 1580
Historical maker
Named in 2 books.
What the books printed
The violin, Hart, George. London, Dulau and co. [etc.], 1884. Scan 153.
BUSSETO, Giovanni M., Cremona, 1540—1580. Maker of Viols. M. Fétis mentions, in his "Biographie des Musiciens," that Busseto derived his name from Busseto, a borough in the Duchy of Parma, where he was born. He also mentions a Viol of this maker, dated 1580, which was found at Milan in 1792.
The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, George. London, Dulau, 1887. Scan 121.
Busseto, Giovanni M., Cremona, 1540—1580. Maker of Viols. M. Fétis mentions, in his "Biographie des Musiciens," that Busseto derived his name from Busseto, a borough in the Duchy of Parma, where he was born. He also mentions a Viol of this maker, dated 1580, which was found at Milan in 1792.
- Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and we are not sure they mean the same person. That is on hold until somebody settles it.
Same name
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.
Same town, same time
12 other Cremona makers have a year in the 1500s. A few of them:
- 1500 Carcanius
- 1520 to 1580 Amati, Andreas
- 1540 to 1580 Busseto, Giammaria del
- 1550 to 1635 Amati, Antonius
- 1550 to 1635 Amati, Nicolas
- 1555 to 1640 Amati, Antonio