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Notice of Anthony Stradivari, the celebrated violin-maker, known by the name of Stradivarius:, 1864

20 lines. Read by computer on 28 September 2026. Printed page 93. See the scan on archive.org.

1early in June, 1742, and was interred on the 9th of that month, as is proved by an authentic extract [from the register] of the Church of St. Dominic, at Cremona.* His brother, Francis, survived him only eleven months, having been buried the 13th of May, 1743, as shown by an extract from the same register.† Both brothers were laid in the same tomb with their father.
3The other immediate pupils of Anthony Stradivarius are Michael Angelo Bergonzi, of Cremona; Laurence Guadagnini, also of Cremona; Francis Gobetti, of Venice, and Alexander Galiano, of Naples. They are here arranged in chronological order according to their productions:
51st. Franciscus Gobettus, Venetiis……….. 1690 to 1720
62nd. Alexander Galianus, Neapoli……….. 1695 to 1725
73rd. Lorenzo Guadagnini, Cremonae……….. 1695 to 1740
84th. Homobonus Stradivarius { sub disciplina }
95th. Franciscus Stradivarius { A. Stradivarii } 1700 to 1725
106th. Homobonus Stradivarius, Cremonae…… 1725 to 1740
117th. Franciscus Stradivarius, Cremonae…… 1725 to 1730
128th. Carlo Bergonzi, Cremonae………….. 1720 to 1750
139th. Michael Angelo Bergonzi, Cremonae…… 1725 to 1750
15* A di 9 Giugno 1742.—Dato sepoltura al fù sigr. Omobono Stradivari, sepolto nella capella del Rosario, nella sepoltura del sigr. Francesco Vilani, Parrocchia di S. Mateo.—In fede, Fusetti Giulio vic°.
16(On the 9th day of June, 1742.—Took place the funeral of the late Sigr. Omobono Stradivari, who was buried in the chapel of the Rosary, in the vault of Sigr. Francesco Vilani, in the Parish of St. Matthew.—In testimony, Julius Fusetti, Vicar).
18† A di 13 Maggio, 1743.—Dato sepoltura al fù sigr. Francesco Stradivari, sepolto nella capella del Rosario, nella sepoltura del sigr. Francesco Vilani, Parrocchia di S. Mateo.—In fede, Fusetti Giulio vic°.
19(On the 13th day of May, 1743.—Took place the funeral of the late Sigr. Francesco Stradivari, who was buried in the chapel of the Rosary, in the vault of Sigr. Francesco Vilani, in the Parish of St. Matthew.—In testimony, Julius Fusetti, Vicar).

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