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Antonio Stradivari, his life and work (1644-1737), 1909
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11298 is derived from 'Strada averta' of the Cremonese dialect, in Italian 'Strada aperta.' The earliest documentary evidence forthcoming concerning the direct ancestry of the violin-maker is furnished by Signor Mandelli, who quotes an extract from the Marriage Register of the Cathedral of Cremona, under date April 10th, 1600, recording the marriage of Signor Giulio Cesare Stradivari, of the parish of S. Michele Vecchio, to the Signora Doralice Milani, a widow, of the parish of the cathedral (Parrocchia del Duomo). To them was born in 1602 a son, christened Alessandro on January 15th at the Church of S. Michele Vecchio.
3From the Register of Marriages of the Parish of S. Prospero, Signor Mandelli obtained the record, under date August 30th, 1622, of the marriage of Signor Alessandro, son of Giulio Cesare Stradivari, to Signora Anna, daughter of Leonardo Moroni.
5From this union were born, as recorded in the baptismal register of the above-named parish, Giuseppe Giulio Cesare, March, 1623; Carlo Felice, September, 1626; Giovanni Battista, October, 1628. Then comes a complete blank in the records, and we are left to speculate as to whether any other children were born between 1628 and the year 1644, the date of the birth of Antonio, the subject of our enquiries. Repeated researches, made at different periods in the registers throughout the thirty-seven parishes of Cremona, have failed to yield further information. Signor Mandelli says:—
7"Supposing that Antonio was christened—which seems fairly certain, seeing that we have proof of the fact in the case of his elder brothers—I felt hopeful of finding some mention of the fact in the registers and documents of one or other of the parish churches of Cremona; and as no further entry of either birth or death of any member of
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