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A treatise on the structure and preservation of the violin and all other bow-instruments; together with an account of the most celebrated makers, and of the genuine characteristics of their instruments;, 1860
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1were the sons of Andrew. Anthony was born at Cremona, about 1550. He succeeded his father, and was for some time in partnership with his brother Jerome. The violins made by them during this period are highly esteemed. On the marriage of Jerome, the brothers separated. Anthony Amati probably died in 1635 as none of his instruments bear a later date. His brother Jerome died in 1638*.
3Among the pupils of Jerome and Anthony Amati we must notice Gioacchino or Giòfredo Cappa, who flourished at Cremona in 1590. In 1640 he established himself at Piedmont, and there founded the school of Saluzzio, where the reigning prince then dwelt. He made a great number of instruments, and formed good pupils, among whom are Acevo and Sapino, whose productions, though not equal to those of the Amati family, are still esteemed. The best instruments of Cappa are his violoncellos.
5Nicholas (Nicholaus) Amati, the son of Jerome, and
7* These particulars, as before observed, are drawn from the work of M. Fétis. However, a well-known amateur, the late Rev. R. F. Elwin, in a letter addressed to the editor in 1848, mentions two violins which had fallen under his notice. The first (then belonging to Dr. Sommerville of Stafford) bore the following label, "Antonius et Hyeronimus F.(ratres) Amati, Cremonenses, et Andreæ Fil.(ii). F. 1648." The second, formerly the property of Wilhelm Cramer, father of the late François Cramer, and, in 1848, in the possession of Mr. George Vyall of Norwich, had a similar label, except that the date was 1691. Mr. Elwin likewise quotes two other instruments, and gives the names of their possessors, from which it would appear that both Anthony and Jerome had each a son named Nicholas. The labels stand thus: "Nicholaus Amatus Cremonen: Hyeromini filius, et Antonii Nepos. Fecit 1679;" and "Nicholaus Amatus, Antonii filius, ac Hyeronimi Nepos, in Cremona. 1644." Again, he mentions another with a label precisely similar to the last, but dated 1665. All these instruments he believed to be genuine; but query?—Tr.
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