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Bergonzi, Nicola

Cremona · 1740 to 1782

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 9, scan 17.
Bergonzi, Nicola, eldest son of Michel Angelo. Worked in Cremona about 1755-82. His instruments show a great falling off; made on a similar …
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 9, scan 19. Held as more than one scan.
Bergonzi, Nicola, eldest son of Michel Angelo. Worked in Cremona about 1755-82. His instruments show a great falling off; made on a similar …
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Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 241, scan 265.
BERGONZI, Nicola, eldest son of Michel Angelo.
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Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904. Page 46, scan 68. Held as more than one scan.
Bergonzi, Nicola. — Cremona. 1740. 1782.
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An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 13, scan 35. Held as more than one scan.
BERGONZI, NICOLA, Cremona, 1740 to 1782.
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  • 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.

Labels the books quote

  • "Nicolaus Bergonzi, Cremonensis, faciebat anno 1760" (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "Nicolaus Bergonzi, Cremonensis, faciebat anno 1760" (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 13 more Bergonzi pages under B.

Same town, same time

118 other Cremona makers have a year in the 1700s. A few of them:

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