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Amati (/ ə ˈ m ɑː t i /, Italian:) is the last name of a family of Italian violin makers who lived at Cremona from about 1538 to 1740. Their importance is considered equal to those of the Bergonzi , Guarneri , and Stradivari families.
Amati's first violins were smaller than modern violins, with high arches, wide purfling, and elegantly curved scrolls and bodies. [ 13 ] Andrea Amati's two sons, Antonio Amati and Girolamo Amati , were also highly skilled violin makers, as was his grandson Nicolò Amati , who had over a dozen highly regarded apprentices, including Antonio ...
William Henley's Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers, Brighton, Amati, 1973. Cacciatori, Fausto: Il DNA degli Amati, Cremona 2006, ISBN 978-8889839119. Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart (MGG2), Personenteil Vol. 1, Bärenreiter, Kassel 1999. Stefan Drees: Lexikon der Violine, Laaber-Verlag, Laaber 2004, ISBN 978-3-89007-544-0.
Don Nicolò Amati [1] (born Nicolò Marchioni or Nicolò Melchioni; [2] 1662–1752) was an Italian violin maker based in Bologna. In 1687 he entered priesthood. In 1687 he entered priesthood. He pursued both careers, priesthood and violinmaking, throughout his lifetime.
Nicola Amati, Nicolò Amati or Nicolao Amati (/ ə ˈ m ɑː t i /, Italian: [niˈkɔːla aˈmaːti, nikoˈlɔ-, nikoˈlaːo-]; 3 September 1596 – 12 April 1684) was an Italian master luthier from Cremona, Italy. Amati is one of the most well-known luthiers from the Casa Amati (House of Amati).
The Gagliano dynasty – particularly Alessandro, Nicolò I and Gennaro – are considered the high point of Neapolitan violin making. There are as many as eighteen Gagliano violin makers known worldwide today. Below is a family tree of a few of its most recognizable luthiers. Main exponents of Gagliano family.
Universal Dictionary of Violin & Bow Makers. Brighton; England: Amati. ISBN 0-901424-00-5. Liuteria Parmense; View a fine example of Cesare Candi - violin 1901 close-up: Cesare Candi - violin 1901 top; Cesare Candi - violin 1901 back; Cesare Candi - violin 1901 scroll front; Cesare Candi - violin 1901 scroll back; Cesare Candi - violin 1901 ...
Heinicke developed into one of the main representatives of violin makers in Bohemia in the first half of the 20th century. [2] After his return in 1897, he set up his own workshop in Wildstein near Eger. Formal and decisive for his instruments were the old masters Stradivari and Amati, after whose models he made his own violins. Heinicke did an ...