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Andrea Amati (ca. 1505 - 1577, Cremona) was a luthier, from Cremona, Italy. [1] [2] Amati is credited with making the first instruments of the violin family that are in the form we use today. [3] Several of his instruments survive to the present day, and some of them can still be played.
Andrea Amati (c. 1505 – 20 December 1577) designed and created the violin, viola and cello known as the "violin family". Based in Cremona, Italy , he standardized the basic form, shape, size, materials and method of construction.
Amati was originally a lute maker, but turned to the new instrument form of violin in the mid-16th century. He was the progenitor of the Amati family of luthiers active in Cremona, Italy until the 18th century. Andrea Amati had two sons. His eldest was Antonio Amati (circa 1537–1607), and the younger, Girolamo Amati (circa 1561–1630 ...
Anonimous 1495; Andrea Amati; Nicolò Amati; Antonio Amati & Girolamo Amati; Tommaso Balestrieri; Carlo Bergonzi; Camillo Camilli; Goffredo Cappa; Enrico Ceruti; Giovanni Battista Ceruti
Nicola Amati was the fifth [4] son of Girolamo Amati (Hieronymus I, b.1561; d.1630) from his second wife, and the grandson of Andrea Amati. He was one of 12 children of Girolamo. Amati's mother, Laura de Lazzarini, also known as Laura de Medici de Lazzarini, was the daughter of Giovanni Francesco Guazzoni.
The earliest surviving cellos are made by Andrea Amati, the first known member of the celebrated Amati family of luthiers. [8] The direct ancestor to the violoncello was the bass violin. [unt. library] Monteverdi referred to the instrument as "basso de viola da braccio" in Orfeo (1607).
Andrea Guarneri (c. 1626 – 7 December 1698) was an apprentice in the workshop of Nicolò Amati from 1641 to 1646 and returned to make violins for Amati from 1650 to 1654. His early instruments are generally based on the "Grand Amati" pattern but struggled to achieve the sophistication of Amati's own instruments.
Andrea Amati (1505–1577), luthier from Cremona, Italy, credited with making the first instruments of the violin family that are in the form we use today Andrea Ammonio (c. 1478–1517), Italian poet