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Gagliano, Giovanni Battista

about 1730

Historical maker

Named in 2 books.

What the books printed

The violin, its famous makers and their imitators, Hart, George. London, Dulau, 1887. Scan 131.

GAGLIANO, Giovanni Battista, about 1730.

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The violin, Hart, George. London: Dulau, 1909. Page 116, scan 162.

GAGLIANO, Giovanni Battista, about 1730.

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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

Gagliano
Naples
Gagliano, Alberto
Naples · 1877
Gagliano, Alessandro
Naples · b. about 1660, d. 1725
Gagliano, Alessandro
Naples · b. about 1640, d. 1725
Gagliano, Antonio
No town printed
Gagliano, Antonio I.
Naples · d. about 1795

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 31 more Gagliano pages under G.

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