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Cremona: an account of the Italian violin-makers and their instruments

Cremona: an account of the Italian violin-makers and their instruments (London: Robert Cocks & Co., 1894). archive.org, cremonaaccountof00nied. https://archive.org/details/cremonaaccountof00nied.

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Who this document names

Names 40 people on 3 scan pages; 1 has a record here.

  1. Albanesi, Sebastianus
  2. Albani, Mathias
  3. Albani, Paolo
  4. Amati, Hieronymus (Girolamo) II
  5. Ambrogi, Pietro
  6. Bagatella
  7. Bagatella, Antonio
  8. Barbieri, Francesco
  9. Bente, Matteo
  10. Castello, Paolo
  11. Contreras, Joseph
  12. Dulfenn, Alexander
  13. Farinato, Paul
  14. Ficker scan page 53, line 5
  15. Gabrielli, Giovanni Battista
  16. Gagliano, Januarius
  17. Gagliano, Nicola
  18. Gagliano, Nicola I
  19. Garani, Michele Angelo
  20. Garani, Nicolo
  21. Gofriller, Matteo
  22. Gragnani, Antonius
  23. Grancino, (1) Paolo (b. Milan)
  24. Grancino, Giovanni Battista I
  25. Grancino, Paolo
  26. Guadagnini, Lorenzo
  27. Guarnerius, Andreas
  28. Guarnerius, Giuseppe Gian Battista (Joseph Guarnerius)
  29. Gusetto, Nicola
  30. Landolfi, Carlo Ferdinando
  31. Landolfi, Carlo Ferdinando (Landulphus)
  32. Maggini scan page 70, line 11
  33. Mariani, Antonio
  34. Ruggeri, Giacinto
  35. Serasati, Domenico
  36. Siani, Valentino
  37. Stainer, Jacobus
  38. Stradivari, (Antonio), Antonius Stradivarius
  39. Stradivarius, Antonius also printed as Stradivari, Antonio scan page 84, line 5
  40. Viorillo, Giovanni
Record details
Kind
Book
Title
Cremona: an account of the Italian violin-makers and their instruments
Place
London
Publisher
Robert Cocks & Co.
Date
1894
Repository
archive.org
Identifier
cremonaaccountof00nied
Rights
Public domain
Rights basis
published in 1894, before 1930, so the 95-year US copyright term has run. Derived by machine on 2026-08-22 from the year this record already states, corroborated by the year printed in the volume's own front matter, at leaf 1 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

  • Albanesi, Sebastianus draft
  • Albani, Mathias draft
  • Albani, Paolo draft
  • Amati, Hieronymus (Girolamo) II draft
  • Ambrogi, Pietro draft
  • Bagatella draft
  • Bagatella, Antonio worked
  • Barbieri, Francesco draft
  • Bente, Matteo draft
  • Castello, Paolo draft
  • Contreras, Joseph draft
  • Dulfenn, Alexander draft
  • Farinato, Paul draft
  • Gabrielli, Giovanni Battista draft
  • Gabrielli, Giovanni Battista draft
  • Gagliano, Januarius draft
  • Gagliano, Nicola draft
  • Gagliano, Nicola I draft
  • Garani, Michele Angelo draft
  • Garani, Nicolo draft
  • Gofriller, Matteo draft
  • Gragnani, Antonius draft
  • Grancino, (1) Paolo (b. Milan) draft
  • Grancino, Giovanni Battista I draft
  • Grancino, Paolo draft
  • Guadagnini, Lorenzo draft
  • Guarnerius, Andreas draft
  • Guarnerius, Giuseppe Gian Battista (Joseph Guarnerius) draft
  • Gusetto, Nicola draft
  • Landolfi, Carlo Ferdinando draft
  • Landolfi, Carlo Ferdinando (Landulphus) draft
  • Mariani, Antonio draft
  • Ruggeri, Giacinto draft
  • Serasati, Domenico draft
  • Siani, Valentino draft
  • Stainer, Jacobus draft
  • Stradivari, (Antonio), Antonius Stradivarius draft
  • Stradivari, (Antonio), Antonius Stradivarius draft
  • Stradivari, Antonio draft
  • Viorillo, Giovanni draft

Everyone this source names

This document prints 3 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. Ficker scan page 53, line 5 mention only — no record here yet

    66. FICKER, Joh. Gottlob. Cremona, 1768. Son of the last; as a violin-maker not superior to him.(e) — trade term as printed: "violin-maker" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  2. Stradivarius, Antonius scan page 84, line 5 draft record
  3. Maggini scan page 70, line 11 mention only — no record here yet

    130. MAGGINI, Giovanni Paolo. Brescia, 1590-1640. This famous violin-maker followed Gaspard di Salo, and is considered to have been his pupil. His — trade term as printed: "violin-maker" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)