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Notice of Anthony Stradivari, the celebrated violin-maker, known by the name of Stradivarius:, 1864
29 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026, twice; the two readings disagreed in places. Printed page 94. See the scan on archive.org.
1Among the Italian violin makers of the third class, some were pupils of the Amati school; others were formed by the immediate pupils of Anthony Stradivarius. These may be placed in the following chronological order:
3Pietro della Costa, of Trevisa…………. 1660 to 1680
4Michael Angelo Garani, of Bologna………. 1685 to 1715
5David Teckler, of Rome………………… 1690 to 1735
6Carlo Guiseppe Testore, of Milan……….. 1690 to 1700 one of two readings
7Carlo Guiseppe Testore, of Milan………. 1690 to 1700 one of two readings
8Carlo Antonio Testore, of Milan………… 1700 to 1730 one of two readings
9Carlo Antonio Testore, of Milan……….. 1700 to 1730 one of two readings
10Paolo Antonio Testore, of Milan…………. 1710 to 1745 one of two readings
11Paolo Antonio Testore, of Milan………… 1710 to 1745 one of two readings
12Nicolo Galiano, of Naples……………… 1700 to 1740
13Gennaro Galiano, of Naples……………… 1710 to 1750
14Spiritus Sursano, of Coni (Cunco)………. 1714 to 1720 one of two readings
15Spiritus Sursano, of Coni (Cunco)……… 1714 to 1720 one of two readings
16Tomaso Balestiere, of Mantua…………….. 1720 to 1750 one of two readings
17Tomaso Balestiere, of Mantua………….. 1720 to 1750 one of two readings
18Ferdinando Galiano, son of Nicolo, of Naples.. 1740 to 1780
19Giovanni Battista Guadagnini, of Piacenza…. 1755 to 1785
20Carlo Landolfi, of Milan……………….. 1750 to 1760 one of two readings
21Carlo Landolfi, of Milan………………. 1750 to 1760 one of two readings
22Alessandro Zanti, of Mantua……………… 1770 one of two readings
23Alessandro Zanti, of Mantua……………. 1770 one of two readings
24Laurentius Sturionus (Storioni), of Cremona.. 1780 to 1795
26Some makers, born in foreign countries, were formed in Italy in the school of the Amati, or in that of Anthony Stradivari. At their head stands James Stainer,* originally from the Tyrol, and founder of a school of violin makers in that country. He was
28* This maker is better known in England as Jacob Stainer (or Steiner), but the Latin labels on his instruments reading "Jacobus Stainer in Absom &c." justify M. Fétis, both here and in his "Biographie des Musiciens," in calling him James (Jacques). For additional remarks on his violins, see the translator's edition of Otto's "Treatise on the Structure and Preservation of the Violin," published by Messrs. Cocks & Co.—Tr.
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