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Giordano, Alberto

Cremona · 1725 to 1740

Historical maker

Named in 6 books.

What the books printed

A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London: Novello, n.d. Page 37, scan 47. Held as more than one scan.
Giordano (Giordane), Alberto. A maker in Cremona about 1735-40. A little pocket violin with rose-coloured varnish is beautifully made, with the label: "Alto Giordano fecit Cremonae" (the date illegible).
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A dictionary of violin makers, Stainer, C. (Cecie). London; New York: Novello, Ewer, 1896. Page 37, scan 45.
Giordano (Giordane), Alberto. A maker in Cremona about 1735-40. A little pocket violin with rose-coloured varnish is beautifully made, with the label: "Alto Giordano fecit Cremonæ" (the date illegible).
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Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 252, scan 276.
Giordano (Giordane), Alberto. Cremona, about 1735-40.
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Die Geigen- und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1904. Page 222, scan 244. Held as more than one scan.
Giordano, Alberto. — Cremona. 1725. 1740.
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An encyclopedia of the violin, Alberto Bachmann. 1925. Page 27, scan 49. Held as more than one scan.
GIORDANO, ALBERTO, Cremona, 1725 to 1740.
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Die Geigen und Lautenmacher vom Mittelalter bis zur Gegenwart, 1922. Page 167, scan 171.
Giordano, Alberto. — Cremona. 1725. 1740
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  • Entries from 6 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

  • "Alto Giordano fecit Cremonæ" (A dictionary of violin makers, 1896)
  • "Alto Giordano fecit Cremonae" (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

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

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