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Jascha Heifetz owned a c. 1740 Guarneri del Gesù from the 1920s until his death in 1987. It was his favorite instrument, even though he owned several Stradivarius. One of Norwegian virtuoso Ole Bull's favorite instrument was the del Gesù violin of 1744 named after Bull, which is also believed to be the last work of Guarneri del Gesù. [11]
A Guarneri violin is a center object in one of Andrea Camilleri's main Montalbano novels La Voce del violino ("The voice of the violin"). In the summer of 2010, the ex- Vieuxtemps Guarneri del Gesù, a violin built in 1741 by Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri, was offered for sale at auction with a starting bid of $18 million, the highest price ever ...
Il Cannone Guarnerius of 1743 is a violin created by the Italian luthier Giuseppe Bartolomeo Guarneri of Cremona (1698–1744). [1] Il Cannone is also known by the variants Il Cannone del Gesù, and the Cannon, often appended with Guarneri del Gesù, the Guarneri trademark.
Andrea Guarneri 1626–1698: F. Stradivari 1671–1743: O. Stradivari 1679–1742: Pietro Guarneri 1655–1720: Giuseppe Guarneri 1666–c. 1739/40: Giuseppe Guarneri "del Gesu" 1698–1744: Pietro Guarneri "de Venice" 1695–1762
Giovanni Battista Giuseppe Guarneri (known as Giuseppe ‘filius Andreae’) was born on November 25, 1666, to Andrea Guarneri and Anna Maria Orcelli, in the parish of San Matteo in Cremona. A few years earlier his father had left the workshop of Nicolò Amati.
The Strad" May 2018 "Part 1 - Unspoiled Charm: The Vieuxtemps Guarneri del Gesu" "The Strad" June 2018 "Part 2 - A Unique Pearl: The Vieuxtemps Guarneri del Gesu" "The Strad" January 2013 "Material Facts: A comparison of density in wood used by classical makers throughout Europe"
The Violin Museum (Italian: Museo del Violino), formerly the Stradivarius Museum (Italian: Museo Stradivari), is a musical instrument museum located in Cremona.The museum is best known for its collection of stringed instruments that includes violins, violas, cellos, and double basses crafted by renowned luthiers, including Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù.
But the very fine copies especially those of 'Le Messie' Strad, Guarneri Del Gesu 'Canon' and Del Gesu 'David'(which Ferdinand David owned) and Maggini are without Number(s). According to Doring's tabulation (made between 1947 and 1961), Vuillaume made at least 78 instruments between the 1830s and 1874 that he did not recorded by number, that ...