A dictionary of music and musicians

A dictionary of music and musicians (1926). archive.org, bwb_W9-AOK-641. https://archive.org/details/bwb_W9-AOK-641.

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  1. Gagliano scan page 159, line 13
  2. Grancino, PAOLO scan page 252, line 17
  3. Hill, HENRY scan page 452, line 5
  4. Landolfi, CARLO FERDINANDO (LANDULPHUS) scan page 689, line 3
  5. Lupot, NICOLAS scan page 851, line 11
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Title
A dictionary of music and musicians
Date
1926
Repository
archive.org
Identifier
bwb_W9-AOK-641

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  1. Landolfi, CARLO FERDINANDO (LANDULPHUS) scan page 689, line 3 mention only — no record here yet

    LANDOLFI, CARLO FERDINANDO (LANDULPHUS), a reputable violin-maker of Milan, where he lived in the Street of St. Margaret, 1750-60. He lived in an age when it had become expedient to copy … — trade term as printed: "violin-maker" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  2. Hill, HENRY scan page 452, line 5 mention only — no record here yet

    HILL, HENRY, a distinguished English viola player, a son of Henry Lockey Hill, the violin-maker, was born in London, July 2, 1808, and died on June 11, 1856, in the same city. His early life as a musician was uneventful, … — trade term as printed: "violin-maker" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  3. Lupot, NICOLAS scan page 851, line 11 mention only — no record here yet

    LUPOT, NICOLAS, the most famous of French violin-makers. The family came from the village of Mirécourt in the Vosges mountains, which has for three centuries or more been the seat of a violin manufacture. JEAN LUPOT, the — trade term as printed: "violin-makers" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  4. Gagliano scan page 159, line 13 mention only — no record here yet

    GAGLIANO, a celebrated family of violin-makers at Naples. ALESSANDRO, the first, worked from about 1695 to 1725. His work, like that of his sons, is good and substantial, … — trade term as printed: "violin-makers" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  5. Grancino, PAOLO scan page 252, line 17 mention only — no record here yet

    GRANCINO, PAOLO, a violin-maker of the second rank. Born at Milan, he learnt his art under Nicolo Amati at Cremona. His violins are dated from 1665 to 1690. … — trade term as printed: "violin-maker" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)