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Gerans, Paolo

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  1. A dictionary of violin makers (1896)

    Gerans, Paolo. Working in Cremona about 1614.

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    2. Gennaro. Worked in Naples, 1785-1820. He made very beautiful guitars, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, ivory, &c. Labels: "Gennaro fabricatore, anno 1802, Napoli, Strada S. Giacomo, No. 26," and "Gennaro fabricatore, anno 1820, Napoli, Strada S. Giacomo, No. 42," found in a large guitar.
    4. Gerans, Paolo. Working in Cremona about 1614.
    6. Gerle, Conrad. An early maker of lutes, b. at Nuremberg; was living there in 1461 and died there 1521; was buried in the Church of St. Roch. He was celebrated both as a lute player and lute maker, his lutes, called "Lutz d'Alemagne," were well known in the 15th century. The Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung (Leipzig) published the old notice of his death: "An St. Barbara Abend starb der erbar Conrad Gerle, Lautenmacher. Dem Gott gnaedig sey, Amen."

  2. A dictionary of violin makers (n.d.)

    Gerans, Paolo. Working in Cremona about 1614.

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    2. Gennaro. Worked in Naples, 1785-1820. He made very beautiful guitars, inlaid with mother-of-pearl, ivory, &c. Labels: "Gennaro fabricatore, anno 1802, Napoli, Strada S. Giacomo, No. 26," and "Gennaro fabricatore, anno 1820, Napoli, Strada S. Giacomo, No. 42," found in a large guitar.
    4. Gerans, Paolo. Working in Cremona about 1614.
    6. Gerle, Conrad. An early maker of lutes, b. at Nuremberg; was living there in 1461 and died there 1521; was buried in the Church of St. Roch. He was celebrated both as a lute player and lute maker, his lutes, called "Lutz d'Alemagne," were well known in the 15th century. The Allgemeine Musikalische Zeitung (Leipzig) published the old notice of his death: "An St. Barbara Abend starb der erbar Conrad Gerle, Lautenmacher. Dem Gott gnaedig sey, Amen."

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What this record rests on is A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1890); A dictionary of violin makers (1896), naming this maker and nothing more. 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. Nothing else on this site confirms it and no claim has been invented beyond that naming — not established, until someone can tell us more.

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Places and dates of work
Gerans, Paolo. Working in Cremona about 1614. reported1
Places and dates of work
Gerans, Paolo. Working in Cremona about 1614. reported1
Places and dates of work
Gerans, Paolo. Working in Cremona about 1614. reported1

How the pages were read

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. 1 of them rests on a section heading above a list of names, not on a trade word printed on its own line: “A DICTIONARY OF VIOLIN MAKERS.”.

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  1. Read from machine text (software that turns a photo of a page into words, or a typed transcription), not by a person looking at the page image. ↩

The books behind this record

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  1. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  2. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London: Novello, n.d.). archive.org, dictionaryofviol1899stai. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol1899stai.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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  3. Stainer, C. (Cecie), 1867-1937, A dictionary of violin makers (London ; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896). archive.org, dictionaryofviol00stai_0. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofviol00stai_0.machine textcited for 1 linesource record

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