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A dictionary of music and musicians (A.D. 1450-1878

A dictionary of music and musicians (A.D. 1450-1878 (1878). archive.org, dictionaryofmusi01grov_2. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmusi01grov_2.

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Names 12 people on 5 scan pages; none has a record here yet.

  1. Albani, Mathias
  2. Albani, Mathias (father and son)
  3. Albani, MATHIAS a scan page 61, line 13
  4. AMATI a scan page 72, line 11
  5. Amati, Andrea
  6. Amati, Andrea
  7. Bergonzi, CARLO scan page 245, line 17
  8. Forster, William
  9. Forster, William II. (»Old Forster«)
  10. Gagliano scan page 589, line 11
  11. Grancino, PAOLO scan page 630, line 19
  12. Maggini, Giovanni Paolo (also Magini, Magino)
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Kind
Book
Title
A dictionary of music and musicians (A.D. 1450-1878
Date
1878
Repository
archive.org
Identifier
dictionaryofmusi01grov_2
Rights
Public domain
Rights basis
published in 1878, before 1930, so the 95-year US copyright term has run. Derived by machine on 2026-09-09 from the year this record already states, corroborated by the year printed in the volume's own front matter, at leaf 5 of this volume's front matter. That transcript was read by the local OCR station; no person has checked the leaf image.

What rests on this source

  • Albani, Mathias draft
  • Albani, Mathias draft
  • Albani, Mathias (father and son) draft
  • Albani, Mathias (father and son) draft
  • Albani, Mathias a draft
  • Albani, Mathias a draft
  • Amati, Andrea draft
  • Amati, Andrea draft
  • Forster, William draft
  • Forster, William II. (»Old Forster«) draft
  • Maggini, Giovanni Paolo (also Magini, Magino) draft

Everyone this source names

This document prints 5 names. A name found this way is the weakest thing this site records: the book names the person, and nothing more is said. It is not a line in a record — the lines that actually rest on this source are listed above, each with its own confidence. 1 of the names below reach a record on this site; lines from this source have been written for 0. The rest are names and nothing else — which is an honest description of the evidence, and an invitation: if you know one of these makers, we want to hear from you.

  1. Gagliano scan page 589, line 11 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)

  2. Albani, MATHIAS a scan page 61, line 13 draft record
  3. Bergonzi, CARLO scan page 245, line 17 mention only — no record here yet

    BERGONZI, CARLO … violin-maker. — trade term as printed: "violin-maker" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  4. AMATI a scan page 72, line 11 mention only — no record here yet

    AMATI, a family of celebrated Italian violin-makers, who lived and worked at Cremona, and are generally regarded as the founders of the Cremona school. There is considerable uncertainty as to the different members of the family, which was one of the oldest and noblest of the town. — trade term as printed: "violin-makers" — surname not established — the line carries a trade term but no surname resolves to it — two OCR passes disagreed here; the reading above is the one the reviewer chose from the readings recorded with the candidate — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  5. Grancino, PAOLO scan page 630, line 19 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 1665-1690. … — trade term as printed: "violin-maker" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)