Cremona · 1720 to 1744
Historical maker
Named in 5 books.
What the books printed
Dictionary of Violin makers, Arnold Sewell. 1928. Scan 27.
ALBANESI (Sebastiano) — Cremona circa 1735. Pupil of Carlo Bergonzi. Very fine workmanship although little known. Well built model, somewhat flat. Yellow varnish of excellent quality and fine effect.
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Scan 9.
Albanesi, Sebastiano. Worked in Cremona, 1720-44. Pupil of Carlo Bergonzi. His instruments are not much arched and both in varnish and make are similar to those made in Milan; the tone is powerful.
two machine readings of this page disagree, and neither has been chosen yet
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Scan 11. Held as more than one scan.
Albanesi, Sebastiano. Worked in Cremona, 1720-44. Pupil of Carlo Bergonzi. His instruments are not much arched and both in varnish and make are similar to those made in Milan; the tone is powerful.
Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Scan 263.
ALBANESI, Sebastiano, is said to have lived at Cremona; his work is almost unknown, 1720-44.
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 9, scan 31. Held as more than one scan.
ALBANESI, SEBASTIANO, Cremona, 1720 to 1744.
- 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.
Same town, same time
118 other Cremona makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:
- 1720 to 1744 Albanesi, Sebastianus
- about 1720 Anselmi, Pietro
- 1720 to 1772 Baestrieri, T.
- 1720 to 1772 Balestrieri, T.
- 1720 to 1760 Bergonzi, M. A.
- 1720 to 1760 Bergonzi, Michael Angelo