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

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1Anthony Stradivarius had been married and had had three sons and one daughter. The sons were named Francesco, Omobono, and the third Paolo. The first two worked in their father's shop until his death; but Paolo entered into [other] business. If Catharine, the daughter of Stradivarius, was his first child, we might pretty nearly determine the period of his marriage; for she died in 1748, at about the age of seventy years, according to an extract from the burial register of the Cathedral of Cremona, from 1730 to 1752.* It follows, from this date, and from the age at which she had arrived, that she was born about the year 1678; from whence we may conclude that the marriage of Anthony Stradivarius must have taken place in 1676 or 1677, that is, when he was twenty-two or twenty-three years of age.
3The life of Anthony Stradivarius was as tranquil as his calling was peaceful. The year 1702, alone, must have caused him much disquiet, when, during the war concerning the Succession, the city of Cremona was taken by Marshal Villeroy on the Imperial side, retaken by Prince Eugène, and finally taken a third time by the French: but, after that period, Italy enjoyed a long tranquillity, in which the old age of the artist glided peacefully away. We know but little respecting that
5* "Catarina, figlia del fù Antonio Stradivari, domiciliata sotto la 'parrocchia della cattedrale di Cremona, more nell' anno 1748, nell' età 'di circa 70. e fù sepolta nella chiesa di S. Domenico. Libro de' morti 'del 1730 al 1752.
6"(Catharine, daughter of the late Antonio Stradivari, dwelling in 'the parish of the Cathedral of Cremona, died in the year 1748, at 'about the age of 70 years, and was buried in the church of St. 'Dominic. Burial Register from 1730 to 1752.)"

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