Vienna · 1556
Historical maker
Named in 2 books.
What the books printed
A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 27, scan 35.
Feldlen, Magnus. Working in Vienna in 1556. In a viola di bordone in the Collection of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna, is the label: "Magnus Feldlen, Wien, 1556."
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. Page 27, scan 37. Held as more than one scan.
Feldlen, Magnus. Working in Vienna in 1556. In a viola di bordone in the Collection of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Vienna, is the label: "Magnus Feldlen, Wien, 1556."
- Entries from 2 books stand under this name, and the software judged them near-certain the same person. Tell us if that is wrong and we will split the record.
Labels the books quote
- "Magnus Feldlen, Wien, 1556." (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
- "Magnus Feldlen, Wien, 1556." (A dictionary of violin makers, n.d.)
Same name
Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say.
Same town, same time
6 other Vienna makers have a year in the 1500s.
- about 1550 Felden, M.
- 1556 Feldlen, M.
- 1578 Sumerauer, Reinhart
- 1580 Kern, Thomas
- 1594 to 1681 Hollmayr, Marcellus
- 1596 Khuechler, Hans