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Notice of Anthony Stradivari, 1864
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1But such is not the case with those of Magini. In the first few years of this century, they were little known in France; but the celebrated violinist, De Beriot, fixed the attention of artists on their merits, and established their reputation by the success which he achieved, both in Paris and in London, on an instrument of this master.
3We must not confound John Paul Magini with another maker of Brescia, probably of the same family, who flourished in the seventeenth century, and was named Santo Magini. Although violins of his make exist, he is more particularly distinguished for his double-basses, which are renowned in Italy as the best instruments of this class.
5About the year 1580, the school of Brescia also produced two other artists of merit, although of an inferior order to John Paul Magini. The first was Javietta Budiani, and the other, Matteo Bente. The instruments of the latter are much sought after by those who form collections.
7We now come to the head of a family, illustrious in the manufacture of musical instruments, who was also founder of the great school of Cremona. Andrew Amati was descended from an ancient decurional family of that town, which is mentioned in the Cremonese annals of 1097. The date of his birth is unknown, as the registers of the churches of Cremona do not go back to the commencement of the sixteenth century, the period when his birth appears to have happened; but, in default of a baptismal record, we have positive information touching this artist, furnished by a violin
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