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Klotz

Mittenwald · about 1660 to 1770

Historical maker

Named in 4 books.

What the books printed

A biographical dictionary of musicians, Baker, Theodore. New York: G. Schirmer, 1900. Page 317, scan 329. Held as more than one scan.
Klotz (or Clotz), family of Bavarian violin-makers at Mittenwald. The instr.s were brought into repute by Matthias (abt. 1660-96), the son of Aegidius, sen.; Matthias' sons, … — name as printed supplied by a reviewer from the page: "Klotz (or Clotz)" — the miner found none on this line
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A biographical dictionary of musicians, Baker, Theodore, 1851-1934, ed. New York, G. Schirmer, 1905. Scan 325. Held as more than one scan.
Klotz (or Clotz), family of Bavarian violin-makers at Mittenwald. The instr.s were brought into repute by Matthias (abt. 1660-96), the son of Aegidius, sen.; Matthias' sons, … — name as printed supplied by a reviewer from the page: "Klotz" — the miner found none on this line
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A biographical dictionary of musicians, Baker, Theodore, 1851-1934, ed. New York, G. Schirmer, 1905. Page 317, scan 329. Held as more than one scan.
Klotz (or Clotz), family of Bavarian violin-makers at Mittenwald. The instr.s were brought into repute by Matthias (abt. 1660-96), the son of Aegidius, sen.; Matthias' sons, …
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Old violins, Haweis, H. R. (Hugh Reginald). Edinburgh, Grant, 1905. Page 257, scan 281.
KLOTZ, Michael and Carl, two brothers. Mittenwald about 1770. A great many of the violins with "Stainer" labels are made by members of the Klotz family.
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A cyclopædic dictionary of music .., 1925. p. 283.
As printed on this page: "KLOTZ (KLOZ, or CLOTZ). A family of Bavarian violin makers."
  • Entries from 4 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.

Same name

Whether any of these is the same person, the books do not say. 43 more Klotz pages under K.

Same town, same time

14 other Mittenwald makers have a year in the 1600s. A few of them:

All Mittenwald makers