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Joseph Guarnerius, his work and his master [Andreas Gisalberti], 1906
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1CONTENTS.
3CHAPTER I.
4Coincidences in the Fine Arts at Various Times and Places—Rise of the Science and Art of Music—The Invention of the Violin and its Progress as a Work of Art—The Masters at Different Working Centres ………………………………………….. 1
6CHAPTER II.
7The Styles and Peculiarities of the Works in Various Localities, Qualities of Tone and other Distinguishing Characteristics—The Brescian and Cremonese School and Offshoots ………………………………………….. 7
9CHAPTER III.
10The Future Rival of Stradivari, from whence he came—The high Estimation in which Stradivari was held by the Liutaros of his Neighbourhood—The Amatis, Guarneris and Ruggeris—Masters lost sight of—The Name of Andreas Gisalberti reappears as a Wandering Liutaro.. ………………………………………….. 11
12CHAPTER IV.
13Andreas Gisalberti alias Sante Ballarini, his Varnish, Modelling and Materials—His Tone ………………………………………….. 22
15CHAPTER V.
16Many Masterpieces Lost, their Identity Removed in Order to substitute other Names for them—Gisalberti’s Numerous Types at Different Localities—His Gifted Pupil at Cremona—Birth and Family Connections—Reference to same in Various Books ………………………………………….. 33
18CHAPTER VI.
19Joseph Guarnerius’s First Appearance—Early Work and Tickets—His Contemporaries—The Condition of the Art in Cremona at the Time—The precise Position of his First Atelier not Known—Joseph’s First Tickets in his Violins—Fulfilling the Requirement of the Hour—Modifications in his Designs—His Wood and Varnish—His Mode of Affixing the Neck ………………………………………….. 44
21CHAPTER VII.
22Of Thicknesses—The Sizes of the Violins by Joseph and his Teacher—The Tuition of Gisalberti, who is said to have married into the Mariani Family—Many of his Works probably still Extant but Undiscovered ………………………………………….. 59
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