Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Gagliano, Alessandro

Naples · b. about 1660, d. 1725

Historical maker

Named in 1 book.

What the books printed

An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 23, scan 45. Held as more than one scan.
GAGLIANO, ALESSANDRO, Naples, b. Naples, about 1660, d. 1725. Credited with having been an assistant to Stradivarius for thirty years, which … — governing section heading: "VIOLIN MAKERS IN EUROPE" — the trade evidence is the heading over this list, not the entry's own line — from OCR (read_as: ocr)
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An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. p. 23. Held as more than one scan.
As printed on this page: "GAGLIANO, ALESSANDRO, Naples, b. Naples, about 1660, d. 1725. Credited with having been an assistant to Stradivarius for thirty years, which seems doubtful, as his oldest instruments are dated from 1695 and a…"
An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 23, scan 47. Held as more than one scan.
GAGLIANO, ALESSANDRO, Naples, b. Naples, about 1660, d. 1725. Credited with having been an assistant to Stradivarius for thirty years, which …
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Same name

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

Same town, same time

10 other Naples makers have a year in the 1600s. A few of them:

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