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The New Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians

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  1. Alban, Matthias scan page 937, line 22
  2. Amati, Niccol scan page 933, line 24
  3. Gelinek, Gem scan page 411, line 13
  4. Grillo, Guarneri scan page 935, line 15
  5. Gruppe, Guadagnini A scan page 442, line 15
  6. Hill, W. E. scan page 481, line 7
  7. Maggini, Giovanni scan page 935, line 35
  8. Montagnana, Domenico scan page 634, line 13
  9. Otto, Jakob scan page 670, line 5
  10. Pressenda, Johannes scan page 701, line 21
  11. Riechers, August scan page 727, line 11
  12. Spagna, Stradivari scan page 936, line 59
  13. Testore, Carlo scan page 840, line 7
  14. Tieffenbrucker, Duifffoprugcar scan page 932, line 9
  15. Waldner, Franz scan page 877, line 13
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Title
The New Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians
Date
1924
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archive.org
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newencyclopediao0000unse_f2o2

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  • Otto, Jakob draft
  • Pressenda, Johannes draft
  • Tieffenbrucker, Duifffoprugcar draft
  • Waldner, Franz draft

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  1. Otto, Jakob scan page 670, line 5 draft record
  2. Montagnana, Domenico scan page 634, line 13 mention only — no record here yet

    Montagnana, Domenico. Important Italian violin-maker at Cremona and Venice in about 1700–40, counted (with Bergonzi) among Stradivari's best pupils. He excelled in violas and … — trade term as printed: "violin-maker" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  3. Alban, Matthias scan page 937, line 22 mention only — no record here yet

    Alban, Matthias (1621–1712). Able Tyrolese violin-maker, pupil of Stainer, followed by two sons (till 1730). G. — trade term as printed: "violin-maker" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  4. Hill, W. E. scan page 481, line 7 mention only — no record here yet

    Hill, W. E., & Sons. Noted London firm of violin-makers and dealers, founded about 1760 by Joseph Hill (1715–1784), who had five sons, all able players as well as craftsmen, the … — trade term as printed: "violin-makers" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  5. Testore, Carlo scan page 840, line 7 mention only — no record here yet

    Testore, Carlo Giuseppe. Italian violinmaker at Milan, active in 1690–1715. He was a pupil of Grancino and noted for his 'cellos and basses (Bottesini's favorite bass was one of his). His two sons made violins after the style of Guarneri. G. — trade term as printed: "violinmaker" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  6. Tieffenbrucker, Duifffoprugcar scan page 932, line 9 draft record
  7. Riechers, August scan page 727, line 11 mention only — no record here yet

    Riechers, August (in Hanover, 1836–1893, Berlin). Noted violin-maker in Berlin, author of a small treatise on the Stradivari model (1895). — trade term as printed: "violin-maker" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  8. Gelinek, Gem scan page 411, line 13 mention only — no record here yet

    Gemünder, August Martin Ludwig (in Württemburg, 1814-1895, New York) and Georg (1816-1899), brothers. Violin-makers, trained by their father, in America from before 1850, establishing a business in New York that acquired international fame and is continued by descendants. A. — trade term as printed: "Violin-makers" — surname inherited from the headword at line 7: "Gelinek, Hermann Anton (Horzeniowecs, 1709-1779, Milan). Bohemian monk who twice deserted his monastery (Seelau) to live as violinist, adopted the name Cervetti at Naples and wrote concertos and sonatas, besides church-music." — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  9. Waldner, Franz scan page 877, line 13 draft record
  10. Gruppe, Guadagnini A scan page 442, line 15 mention only — no record here yet

    Guadagnini. A family of Italian violin-makers, probably from Piacenza, but working mainly at Milan. The strongest representatives were Giovanni Battista and Lorenzo, working from about 1695 to 1740. They claimed to be pupils of Stradivari. G. — trade term as printed: "violin-makers" — surname inherited from the headword at line 3: "Gruppe, Paulo Mesdag (Rochester, N. Y. 1891). American 'cellist, pupil of The Hague Conservatory, Salmon and Casals, from 1907 touring in France, Holland, Germany and England and since 1909 in the United States." — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  11. Grillo, Guarneri scan page 935, line 15 mention only — no record here yet

    Guarneri family. Famous violin-makers at Cremona, including Andrea (?1626–98), his two sons, Pietro (b. 1655) and Giuseppe (b. 1666), and for his nephews, see Part II. G. — trade term as printed: "violin-makers" — surname inherited from the headword at line 13: "Grillo, Giovanni Battista. In 1620–23 organist at St. Mark's, Venice; works from 1608." — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  12. Pressenda, Johannes scan page 701, line 21 draft record
  13. Amati, Niccol scan page 933, line 24 mention only — no record here yet

    Amati, Niccolò (1596–1684). The most gifted of the Cremonese family of violin-makers and teacher of Andrea Guarneri and Stradivari. His son Geronimo (1649–1740) was not at all his equal. G. — trade term as printed: "violin-makers" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  14. Maggini, Giovanni scan page 935, line 35 mention only — no record here yet

    Maggini, Giovanni Paolo (1580–1631?). Noted Brescian violin-maker. Memoirs by Huggins, 1892, and Berenzi, 1890–1907. G. — trade term as printed: "violin-maker" — from OCR (read_as: ocr)

  15. Spagna, Stradivari scan page 936, line 59 mention only — no record here yet

    Stradivari family. Famous violin-makers at Cremona, including especially Antonio (1644–1737) and his sons Francesco (1671–1743) and Omobono (1679–1742). Monographs by Fétis, 1856, Lombardini, 1872, Riechers, 1895, and Hill, 1902. G. — trade term as printed: "violin-makers" — surname inherited from the headword at line 53: "Spagna, Arcangelo. Roman canon, author of 31 oratorio-texts from 1656 (collected 1706) and of an oratorio-history (1720). See Schering's Gesch. d. Oratoriums, 1911." — from OCR (read_as: ocr)