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Gagliano, Giuseppe

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  1. The Violin: Its Famous Makers and their Imitators (1875)

    GAGLIANO, Giuseppe, Naples, 1780. Son of Ferdinandus.

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    2. GAGLIANO, Januarius, Naples, about 1740.
    3. GAGLIANO, Ferdinandus, Naples. Son of Nicholas.
    4. GAGLIANO, Giuseppe, Naples, 1780. Son of Ferdinandus.
    5. GAGLIANO, Giovanni,
    6. GAGLIANO, Antonio,
    7. GAGLIANO, Raphael, Naples. These makers bring the family down to a very recent date as residents in Naples. The merit belonging to them is of the slightest kind. Many of our English provincial makers have shown themselves superior. The family of the Gagliani, as Violin makers was the most numerous that the world has seen. The families of fiddle makers share the fate of nations. The days of greatness are followed by those of decline.

  2. The violin: its famous makers and their imitators. : With several wood engravings from photographs of the works of Stradiuarius, Guarnerius, Amati, and others (1880)

    GAGLIANO, Giuseppe, Naples, 1780. Son of Ferdinandus.

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    2. GAGLIANO, Ferdinandus, Naples. Son of Nicholas.
    4. GAGLIANO, Giuseppe, Naples, 1780. Son of Ferdinandus.
    6. GAGLIANO, Giovanni,
    7. GAGLIANO, Antonio,

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Not established is the honest state of this record: it rests on one or more sources naming this maker, and nothing else on this site confirms it. Printed in: The Violin: Its Famous Makers and their Imitators (1875); The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (1875). No claim beyond what those sources state has been invented here; if you can add to it, we want to hear from you.

What the books say

Places and dates of work
GAGLIANO, Giuseppe, Naples, 1780. Son of Ferdinandus. reported1
Places and dates of work
GAGLIANO, Giuseppe, Naples, 1780. Son of Ferdinandus. reported1
Places and dates of work
GAGLIANO, Giuseppe, Naples, 1780. Son of Ferdinandus. reported1

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3 of the 3 lines here were read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words), not by a person looking at the page image. 2 of them rest on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on their own line: “ITALIAN MAKERS.”, “SECTION XII.—GERMAN AND DUTCH MAKERS.”.

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The books behind this record

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  1. The Violin: Its Famous Makers and their Imitators (1875). archive.org, bwb_W9-CSA-425. https://archive.org/details/bwb_W9-CSA-425.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  2. Hart, George, 1839-1891. [from old catalog], The violin: its famous makers and their imitators (London, Dubau and co. [etc.], 1875). archive.org, violinitsfamous01hartgoog. https://archive.org/details/violinitsfamous01hartgoog.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Hart, George, 1839-1891, The violin: its famous makers and their imitators. : With several wood engravings from photographs of the works of Stradiuarius, Guarnerius, Amati, and others (London: Dulau, 1880). archive.org, violinitsfamousm00hart_0. https://archive.org/details/violinitsfamousm00hart_0.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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