The Violin | Page 5

George Hart
Charles III. of Spain, and for Archduke Charles of Austria; letter from Lorenzo Giustiniani; set of Violins for Augustus, King of Poland; Veracini, the Solo-Violinist, and Stradivari; last epoch of the great maker; quality of his instruments at this period; comparison with those of contemporaries; place of his burial, in the Chapel of the Rosary, with diagram; Polledro's description of the personality of Stradivari; singular apathy of the Cremonese as to their great deceased citizen--STRADIVARI, FRANCESCO and OMOBONO, sons and successors of Antonio; character of their work; correspondence between his son and grandson, Paolo and Antonio, and the agents of Count Cozio di Salabue, relative to the purchase of the models, tools, and drawings of the Maestro--Sursano, Spirito . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168-219
Tanegia, Carlo Antonio--Taningard, Giorgio--TECCHLER, DAVID; his instruments of German and Italian styles, finely formed, and of good quality; his Violoncellos of large size--Testore, Carlo Giuseppe--Testore, Carlo Antonio--Testore, Paolo Antonio--Tieffenbrucker, Leonardo--Todini, Michele; his method of stringing the Violono--Tononi, Carlo--Tononi, Carlo Antonio--Tononi, Giovanni--Tononi, Felice--Tononi, Guido--Trapani, Raffaele . . 219-222
Valenzano, G.--Vetrini, Battista--Vimercati . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Wenger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Zannetto, Pellegrino--Zanola, Giovanni Battista--Zanotti, Antonio--Zanti, Alessandro--Zanure, Pietro--Zenatto, Pietro . 222-223
SECTION VII.--THE FRENCH SCHOOL.
Origin of the French School in the 17th century; followers of the Brescian and Cremonese types; mediocre character of their earlier efforts, with a few exceptions--De Comble and the second French School; Pique, Lupot, and Francois Gand; Silvestre, of Lyons--Introduction of the practice of Fiddle-baking; its failure--The copyist, and the Mirecourt factory, the "Manchester of Fiddle-making;" its destructive influence on the interests of true art . . . . 224-230
SECTION VIII.--FRENCH MAKERS.
Aldric--Allar--Amelot--Aubry--Augiere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Bachelier--Bassot--Bernardel, Sebastien Philippe--Bertrand, Nicolas--Boivin, Claude--Boquay, Jacques; follower of Girolamo Amati--Borlon, Artus, or Arnould--Borlon (or Porlon), Pierre, Viol-maker--Borlon, Joannes--Borlon, Francois--Boullangier, C.--Boumeester--Bourdet, Sebastien--Bourdet, Jacques--Boussu, Eterbeck--Breton, Le--Brugere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231-234
CALOT--Castagnery, Andrea--Castagnery, Jean Paul--Champion, Rene--Chanot, Francois--CHANOT, GEORGES; an indefatigable worker, and close copier of Stradivari and Guarneri--Chanot, Georges, fils--Chanot, F.--Chanot, G. A.--Chappuy, Nicolas-Augustin--Chardon, Joseph--Charotte--Chevrier, Andre-Augustin--Claudot, Charles--Claudot, Augustin--Clement--Cliquot, Henri--Cliquot, Louis Alexandre--Cunault--Cuypers--Cuny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234-237
Daniel--Darche--David--DE COMBLE, AMBROISE; said to have worked with Stradivari; a skilful worker; good material and varnish--Dehommais--Delanoix--Delaunay--Deleplanque, Gerard--Derazey--Despons, Antoine--Dieulafait--Droulot--Ducheron, Mathurin--Du Mesnil, Jacques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237-238
Eesbroek, Jean Van, Lute-maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238-239
Falaise--Fendt, or Fent--Fleury, Benoist--Fourrier, Nicolas . . . 239
GAILLARD--GAND, FRANCOIS; pupil and successor of Nicolas Lupot; an excellent maker and repairer--Gand, Adolphe--Gand, Eugene--Gavinies, Francois--Germain, Joseph Louis--Germain, Emile--Gosselin--Grand-Gerard--Grandson Fils--Grosset, Paul Francois--Guersan, Louis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239-242
Hel--Henry, Jean Baptiste Felix--Henry, Charles--Henry, Octave--Henry, Eugene--Hofmans, Mathias . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Jacobs, Hendrik; his work often mistaken for that of Niccolo Amati--Jacobs--Jacquot, Charles (pere)--Jacquot, Charles (fils)--Jeandel, P. N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242-243
Koliker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Lambert, Jean Nicolas--Lapaix--Laprevotte, Etienne--Leclerc--Lecomte--Leduc, Pierre--Lefebvre--Le Jeune, Francois--Le Pileur, Pierre--Lesclop, Francois Henry--Louis--Louvet, Jean--Lupot, Jean--Lupot, Laurent--Lupot, Francois--LUPOT, NICOLAS; maker to the Conservatoire; an excellent workman, and named "The French Stradivari," and "The king of modern makers;" characteristics of his work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243-247
Marquis de Lair--Mast, Jean Laurent--Mast--Maucotel, Charles--Maucotel, Charles Adolphe--Medard, Francois--Medard, Nicolas--Medard, Jean--Mennegand, Charles; distinguished as a maker and repairer, and also as a "cutter"--Miremont, Claude Augustin--Modessier--Mougenot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247-250
Namy--Nezot--Nicolas, Francois--Nicolas, Fourrier--Nicolas, Didier--Nicolas, Joseph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Ouvrard, Jean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Pacherele, Michel--Pacherel--Paul, Saint--PIERRAY, CLAUDE; an excellent workman, following Amati--Piete, N.--PIQUE, F. L.; close copyist of Stradivari; excellent work and material--Pirot, Claude--Pons, Cesar--Pons . . . . . . . .
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