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ABATI, Giambattista, Modena, about …..
ACEVO, Saluzzo. Reference is made …..
ALBANESI, Sebastiano, Cremona…..
ALBANI, Paolo, Palermo, 1650-80……
ALESSANDRO, named "Il Veneziano," 16th century…
ALETZIE, Paolo, Munich, 1720-36. He made chiefly…..
ALVANI, Cremona. Is said to have…..
AMATI, Andrea, Cremona. The date of birth…..
AMATI, Antonio and Girolamo, sons of Andrea Amati…..
AMATI, Niccolò, Cremona, born December 3, 1596…..
AMATI, Girolamo, Cremona, born 1649, third son…..
AMBROSI, Pietro, Rome and …..
ANSELMO, Pietro, Cremona, 1701. The instruments…..
ANTONIAZZI, Gaetano, Cremona, 1860. The work…..
ANTONIO OF BOLOGNA (Antonius Bononiensis). There is a…..
ANTONIO, Ciciliano, an Italian …..
ASSALONE, Gasparo, Rome, 18th century…..
BAGONI, Luigi (or Bajoni), Milan, from…..
BAGATELLA, Antonio, Padua, made both…..
BAGATELLA, Pietro, Padua, is mentioned…..
BALESTRIERI, Tommaso, middle of the 18th…..
BALESTRIERI, Pietro, Cremona…..
BASSIANO, Rome. Lute-maker…..
BENEDETTI. See Rinaldi.
BELLOSIO, Anselmo, Venice, 18th century…..
BENTE, Matteo, Brescia, latter part…..
BERGONZI, Carlo, Cremona, 1716-47. Pupil of…..
BERGONZI, Michel Angelo, Cremona, 1730-60. Son of…..
BERGONZI, Niccolò, Cremona. Son of the above…..
BERGONZI, Zosimo, Cremona. Brother of Niccolò.
BERGONZI, Carlo, Cremona, about 1780-1820…..
BERGONZI, Benedetto, Cremona, died in…..
BERTASSI, Ambrogio, Piadena (near Cremona), about 1730.
BERTOLOTTI, Gaspar di. See Gaspar da Salò.
BIANCHI, Niccolò, Genoa and Nice. Worked …..
BIMBI, Bartolommeo, Siena, 1753-69. High-built…..
BODIO, G. B., Venice, about 1832. Good workmanship…..
BORELLI, Andrea, Parma, about 1735. His instruments……
BRENSIO, Girolamo (BRENSIUS, Hieronymus), Bologna…..
BRESCIA, Da, Battista. A Pochette…..
BROSCHI, Carlo, Parma…..
BUSSETO, Giovanni M., Cremona, 1540-80…..
CALCAGNI, Bernardo, Genoa, about…..
CALVAROLA, Bartolommeo, Bergamo, about …..
CAMILLI, Camillo, Mantua, 17—. The form …..
CAPPA, Gioffredo, Cremona, 1644-1717. The dates…..
CARCASSI, Francesco, Florence, about 1758.
CARCASSI, Lorenzo, about 1738.
CARCASSI, Tomaso, worked in …..
CASINI, Antonio, Modena.
Antonius Casini, fecit Mutine anno 1680.
Andrea Castagneri, nell Palazzo…..
CASTAGNERI, Andrea, Paris, about 1735…..
CASTELLANI, Pietro, Florence, died about 1820.
CASTELLANI, Luigi, Florence, died 1884.
CASTRO, Venice, 1680-1720. The wood is…..
CATENAR, Enrico, Turin, about 1671…..
CELIONIATI, Gian Francesco, Turin, about …..
CERIN, Marco Antonio, Venice, end…..
CERUTI, Giovanni Battista, Cremona, 1755-1817. Ceruti…..
CERUTI, Giuseppe, son of Giovanni…..
CERUTI, Enrico, son of Giuseppe, Cremona…..
CRISTOFORI, Bartolommeo, Padua and Florence…..
CIRCAPA, Tommaso, Naples, about 1730.
COCCO, Cristoforo, Venice, 1654…..
CONTRERAS, Joseph, Madrid, 1745-80…..
CORDANO, Jacopo Filippo, Genoa, about 1774…..
CORNA, Dalla, Brescia, early maker of …..
COSTA, Pietro Antonio dalla, Venice…..
DARDELLI, Pietro, Mantua, about…..
DESPINE, Alexander, Turin, nineteenth…..
DIEFFOPRUCHAR, Magno, Venice, 1612……
DOMINICELLI, Ferrara, said to have…..
DUIFFOPRUGCAR, Gaspar, Bologna. This…..
FARINATO, Paolo, Venice, 1695-1725.
FICKER, Johann Christian, Cremona, middle…..
FICKER, Johann Gottlieb, Cremona, 1788.
FIORILLO, Giovanni, Ferrara, 1780……
FIORINO, Fiorenzi, Bologna, about 1685.
FREI, Hans, Bologna, 1597. Lute and…..
GABRIELLI, Giovanni Battista, Florence, about the…..
GABRIELLI. Other makers of this name (Antonio, Bartolommeo, Cristoforo) appear to have dated from Florence.
GAFFINO, Giuseppe, Paris, about 1755. Pupil…..
GAGLIANO, Alessandro, Naples, 1695-1730. A pupil…..
GAGLIANO, Gennaro, Naples, 1720 to about 1758; finely…..
GAGLIANO, Niccolò, Naples, son of Alessandro. His…..
GAGLIANO, Giovanni Battista, about 1730…..
GAGLIANO, Ferdinando, Naples, son of Niccolò. His…..
GAGLIANO, Giuseppe, Naples, 1780. Son of Ferdinando.
GAGLIANO, Giovanni,
GAGLIANO, Antonio,
GAGLIANO, Raffaele, Naples. These makers…..
GALBUSERA, C. A., Milan, 1832-47. This make…..
GARANI, Michel Angelo, Bologna, 1681-1720. His…..
GARANI, Niccolò, Naples. Gagliano type of …..
GASPARO DA SALÒ (see Salò).
GATINARI, Francesco, Turin, about 1700.
GENNARO, Giacomo. Worked at Cremona…..
GERONI, Domenico, Ostiano (Province of Brescia), dated 1817.
GHIDINI, Carlo, Parma, about 1746.
GIBERTINI, Antonio, Parma, about 1830…..
GIORGI, Niccolò, Turin, about 1760…..
GOBETTI, Francesco (sometimes called Gobit), Venice…..
GOFRILLER, Matteo, Venice, about 1700-1735. The…..
GOFRILLER, Francesco, Venice. Brother ….
GRAGNANI, Antonio, Leghorn. Usually…..
GRANCINO, Paolo, Milan, 1665-92. Pupil…..
GRANCINO, Giovanni, Milan, 1694-1720. Son…..
GRANCINO, Giovanni Battista, Milan, 1690. Son …..
GRANCINO, Francesco. Son of Giovanni Battista. Here…..
GRULLI, Pietro, Cremona. Contemporary……
GUADAGNINI, Lorenzo, Cremona, 1695 to…..
GUADAGNINI, Giovanni Battista, Piacenza, 1711-86. Son of …..
GUADAGNINI, Gaetano, Turin. Son of Giovanni…..
GUADAGNINI, Giuseppe. Second son of Giovanni…..
GUADAGNINI, Carlo, Turin. Son of Gaetano Guadagnini. This…..
GUADAGNINI, Felice (or Felix), about 1835, Turin…..
GUADAGNINI, Antonio. Son of Gaetano and grandson…..
GUARNERI, Andrea, Cremona, born about 1626, died 1698……
GUARNERI, Giuseppe Giovan Battista, second son of Andrea…..
GUARNERI, Pietro Giovanni, Cremona and Mantua…..
GUARNERI, Pietro, Mantua, born 1695. Son…..
GUARNERI, Giuseppe, Cremona. Better known…..
GUIDANTI, Giovanni, Bologna, about 1740……
GUILLAMI, Spanish family of Violin-makers…..
HARTON, Michael, Padua, 1600. Lute-maker.
KERLINO, Joan, 1449. Maker of …..
LAGETTO, Luigi, Paris, about 1753…..
LANDOLFI, Carlo Ferdinando, Milan, 1750…..
LANZA, Antonio Maria, 1674. Copied the Brescian makers.
LAVAZZA, Santino, Milan, about 1700…..
LAVAZZA, Antonio, Milan…..
LINAROLLI, Venturo, Venice, 1520. A maker of Viols.
LOLY, Jacopo, Naples, 17th century…..
MAGGINI, Giovanni Paolo, Brescia, 1590…..
MALER, Laux, Bologna, about 1450. Maker…..
MANTEGAZZA, Pietro Giovanni, Milan. Vincenzo…..
MARATTI, Verona, about 1700.
MARCHETTI, Enrico, Turin, contemporary.
MARIANI, Antonio, Pesaro, from about….
MEIBERI, Francesco, Leghorn, 1750.
MESSEGUER, Spanish, about 1646.
MEZADRI, Alessandro, Ferrara, 1690-1722. The ….
MEZADRI, Francesco, Milan, about 1712.
MIALFI, Joannes, 1769. The label is…..
MONTAGNANA, Domenico, Cremona and……
MONTALDI, Gregorio, Cremona, 1730. Copied Stradivari.
MORELLA, ——, Mantua, about 1550…..
NADOTTI, Giuseppe, Piacenza. A Violin …..
NELLA, Raffaele, Brescia, copied Maggini.
ORTEGA, ——, Madrid, about 1840……
PANDOLFI, Antonio, Venice. A Violin…..
PANORMO, Vincenzo, Palermo, born about…..
PANSANI, Antonio, Rome, 1735.
PASTA, Antonio, Brescia, 1700-1730. Good…..
PASTA, Domenico, Brescia, about 1700.
PAZZINI, Gaetano, Florence, about 1630, pupil of Maggini.
PICINO, Padua, 1712. High model; dark varnish.
PLATNER, Michel, Rome, about 1750. The…..
POLLUSCA, Antonio, Rome, about 1751.
POSTIGLIONE, Vincenzo, Naples, contemporary…..
PRESSENDA, Giovanni Francesco, Turin. Born in…..
RACCERIS,——, Mantua, about 1670.
RINALDI, Gioffredo, Turin. (Benedetti, Gioffredo.) Chiefly….
RIVOLTA, Giacomo, Milan, about 1822. Excellent…..
ROCCA, Joseph Antonio, Piedmont, 1837-1863. Chiefly…..
RODIANI, Giovita, sometimes called…..
ROTA, Giovanni, Cremona. Yellow ……
ROVETTA, Bergamo, 1840-70…..
ROGERI, Giovanni Battista, Cremona and…..
ROGERI, Pietro Giacomo, Brescia, describes…..
RUGGERI, Francesco, Cremona, 1668-1720. Surnamed "Il Per." The…..
RUGGERI, Giacinto detto Il Per, Cremona. Son of…..
RUGGERI, Vincenzo, Cremona, also uses the name "Il Per." Worked…..
RUGGERI, Giambattista, Cremona. About 1693. Also…..
SACCHINI, Sebastiano…..
SALÒ, Gasparo da. His real name……
SANONI, Giovanni Battista, Verona…..
SANTO, Giovanni, Naples, 1700-30…..
SANZO, Milan. Middle and early…..
SARDI, ——, Venice, 1649. A…..
SEIGHER, Girolamo. Worked in…..
SELLAS, Matteo, Lute-maker. M. Chouquet, in…..
SERAFINO, Santo, Udine—Venice, 1710-48. This…..
SNEIDER, Josefo, Pavia. Lancetti remarks…..
SOCCHI, Vincenzo, 1661, Bologna. In…..
SORSANA, Giuseppe, 1700-1750. Said to…..
STATLEE, Anderl, Genoa, about 1714. Signed…..
STREGNER, Magno, Venice,……
STORIONI, Lorenzo, Cremona, about 1769 to 1799. The last…..

STRADIVARI, Antonio, Cremona.

STRADIVARI, Francesco, Cremona, 1720-43. Son of Antonio…..
SURSANO, Spirito, Coni, 1714-35.
TANEGIA, Carlo Antonio, Milan, early in the 18th century.
TANINGARD, Giorgio, Rome, 17—….
TECCHLER, David, Rome, 1680-1743. A highly esteemed…..
TEDESCO, Leopoldo, pupil of Niccolò …..
TESTORE, Carlo Giuseppe, Milan, about …..
TESTORE, Carlo Antonio, Milan, about 1730 to 1764…..
TESTORE, Giovanni, son of Carlo Antonio.
TESTORE, Paolo Antonio, Milan, about 1740…..
TIEFFENBRUCKER, Leonardo, Padua, 1587….
TODINI, Michele, seventeenth century…..
TONONI, Carlo, Bologna. At the …..
TONONI, Carlo Antonio, Venice, born …..
TONONI, Giovanni, about 1700……
TONONI, Felice, Bologna.
TONONI, Guido, Bologna.
TOPPANI, Angelo de, Rome, about…..
TORTOBELLO, Francesco, Rome, 16—. Maggini characteristics.
TRAPANI, Raffaele, Naples, about…..
VALENZANO, Gio. Maria, Rome, 1771…..
VETRINI, Battista, Brescia, about 1629……
VIMERCATI, Paolo, Venice, about 1700……
WENGER, Padua, Lute-maker, 1622.
ZANNETTO, Pellegrino, Brescia, 1547. M…..
ZANOLA, Giovanni Battista. Flat model; rough…..
ZANOLI, Giacomo, 1740-80. Verona. Worked……
ZANOTTI, Antonio, Mantua, about 1734…..
ZANTI, Alessandro, Mantua, 1765. He copied…..
ZANURE, Pietro, Brescia, 1509. A maker…..
ZENATTO, Pietro, Treviso,…..


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