Acevo--Albanesi--Albani--Aletzie--Alvani--AMATI, ANDREA; evidence as
to date of birth; his Violins small; founded the School of Cremona;
probably a pupil of Gasparo da Salo; his model high, and sound-hole
inelegant; his varnish deep golden; his "Charles IX. Set" of
twenty-four Violins, six Tenors and eight Basses--Amati,
Niccolo--AMATI, the Brothers ANTONIO and GIROLAMO; probable date of
birth; comparison of the respective work, material, and tone of the
two brothers--AMATI, NICCOLO, son of Girolamo; date of birth and
death; the greatest of his illustrious family; gradual change in
style; the "Grand Amati," followed by his great pupil, Stradivari; its
exquisite proportions and character; singular beauty of his material,
and elegance of design; differences between Niccolo Amati and his
several copyists, Italian, German, and English--AMATI, GIROLAMO; date
of birth; his work ascribed to other makers; character of his
instruments and his varnish; the last of the Amatis--Ambrosi,
Pietro--Anselmo, Pietro--Antoniazzi, Gaetano--Antonio of
Bologna--Antonio, Ciciliano--Assalone, Gasparo . . . . . . . . . 77-94
Bagatella, Antonio--Bagatella, Pietro--BALESTRIERI, TOMMASO; probably
a pupil of Stradivari; his work rough, but vigorous, tone and varnish
good; his instruments rising in value--Bassiano, Lute-maker,
Rome--Bellosio, Anselmo--Bente, Matteo--BERGONZI, CARLO; pupil of
Antonio Stradivari; his work closely resembling that of his great
master, and of the highest class; increasing appreciation; comparison
of his instruments with those of Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri;
character of his varnish, &c.; Violoncellos and Double-Basses of this
maker--Bergonzi, Michel Angelo--BERGONZI, NICCOLO; character of his
work--Bergonzi, Zosimo--Bergonzi, Carlo--Bergonzi,
Benedetto--Bertassi, Ambrogio--Bertolotti (see Salo)--Bimbi,
B.--Borelli, Andrea--Brensio, Girolamo--Brescia, da,
Battista--Broschi, Carlo--Busseto, Giovanni . . . . . . . . . . 95-104
Calcagni, Bernardo--Calvarola, Bartolommeo--Camilli, Camillo--CAPPA,
GIOFFREDO; pupil of the Brothers Amati; character of his work, in
Violins and Violoncellos--Casini, Antonio--Castro--Catenar,
Enrico--Celioniati, Gian Francesco--Cerin, Marco Antonio--Ceruti,
Giovanni Battista; a prolific workman--Ceruti, Giuseppe--Ceruti,
Enrico, son of Giuseppe; his work much valued by Italian players;
exhibited in London and Milan Exhibitions--Cristofori,
Bartolommeo--Circapa, Tommaso--Cocco, Cristoforo--Contreras,
Joseph--Cordano, Jacopo Filippo--Costa, Pietro Antonio dalla; skilful
copier of Amati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104-110
Dardelli, Pietro; a Franciscan Monk; his Viols and Lutes--Despine,
A.--Dieffoprugcar, Magno (Magnus Tieffenbrucker)--Dominicelli,
Ferrara--DUIFFOPRUGCAR, GASPAR; high character of his Viols . 110-112
Farinato, Paolo--Ficker, Johann Christian--Ficker, Johann
Gottlieb--Fiorillo, Giovanni--Frei, Hans; Lute and Viol-maker 112-113
GABRIELLI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA; his Violoncellos and Violins of high
character--Gaffino, Giuseppe--GAGLIANO, ALESSANDRO; pupil of Antonio
Stradivari; character of his work--Gagliano, Gennaro--Gagliano,
Niccolo--Gagliano, Ferdinando--Gagliano, Giuseppe--Gagliano, Giovanni,
Antonio, and Raffaele--Galbusera, C. A.--Garani, Michel
Angelo--Garani, Niccolo--Gaspara da Salo (see Salo)--Gatinari,
Francesco--Geroni, Domenico Ostiano--Gibertini, Antonio--GOBETTI
(_Gobit_) FRANCESCO; comparisons of his work with those of Montagnana,
Santo Serafino, and Ruggeri--Gofriller, Matteo--Gofriller,
Francesco--Gragnani, Antonio--GRANCINO, PAOLO; pupil of Niccolo Amati;
a true artist; classed with Stradivari, Bergonzi, Amati, and Guarneri;
his Violas and Violoncellos--Grancino, Giovanni--Grancino, Giovanni
Battista--Grancino, Francesco--Grulli, Pietro--GUADAGNINI, LORENZO,
and Giovanni Battista; high character of their work--Guadagnini,
Gaetano--Guadagnini, Giuseppe--Guadagnini, Carlo--Guadagnini,
Antonio--GUARNERI, ANDREA; the pioneer of his family; worked with
Stradivari and Niccolo Amati--GUARNERI, GIUSEPPE, son of Andrea; his
Violins, Violas, and Violoncellos--GUARNERI, PIETRO, brother of
Andrea--GUARNERI, PIETRO, grandson of Andrea--GUARNERI, GIUSEPPE (del
Gesu); his monogram and cypher; evidence of his birth; sketch of his
life, and characteristics of his work; comparison with Stradivari and
Gasparo da Salo; his "three epochs;" lustrous quality of his varnish;
different characters of his wood; the tradition of his "Prison
Fiddles"; a "Prison Joseph"--Guidanti, Giovanni--Guillami . . 113-147
Harton, Michael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Kerlino, Joan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Lagetto, Luigi--Landolfi, Carlo Ferdinando; original and generally
good quality of his work--Lanza, Antonio Maria--Lavazza,
Santino--Lavazza, Antonio--Linarolli, Venturo--Loly, Jacopo . 147-148
MAGGINI, GIOVANNI PAOLO; pupil and follower of Gasparo da Salo; other
makers' productions frequently attributed to him; comparison of his
work with that of Da Salo--MALER (Lutinist); termed the "Stradivari of
Lutes;" Thomas Mace on the art of judging Lutes and Viols--MANTEGAZZA,
PIETRO GIOVANNI; eminent as a restorer--Maratti--Mariani,
Antonio--Meiberi, Francesco--Mezadri, Alessandro--Mezadri,
Francesco--MONTAGNANA, DOMENICO; pupil of Antonio Stradivari; splendid
specimens of his art still extant; his cognomen, "The Mighty
Venetian;" rising value of his instruments; comparison with Stradivari
and Bergonzi; superior character of his varnish--Montaldi,
Gregorio--Morella . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149-158
Nadotti, Giuseppe--Nella, Raffaele . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Ortega . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Pandolfi, Antonio--PANORMO, VINCENZO; follower of Antonio Stradivari;
residence in London and in Ireland; his struggles with adversity;
light and graceful character of his work--Pansani, Antonio--Pasta,
Antonio--Pasta, Domenico--Picino--Platner, Michel--Pollusca,
Antonio--PRESSENDA, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO; superior work and varnish
studied in Cremona; contrast with contemporary workers; humble origin;
his connection with Storioni, and with Polledro, the Violinist; his
models, Stradivari and Amati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158-163
Racceris--Rinaldi, Gioffredo--Rocca, J. A.--Rodiani--Rota,
Giovanni--Rovetta--ROGERI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA ("Bononiensis," from or
settled in Bologna); his instruments of large Amati pattern--ROGERI,
PIETRO GIACOMO--RUGGERI, FRANCESCO ("Il Per"); early artistic genius;
foremost position of his family in Cremona; pupil of Niccolo Amati and
worthy of him; brilliancy of his varnish--RUGGERI, GIACINTO--RUGGERI,
VINCENZO--RUGGERI, GIAMBATTISTA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163-167
SACCHINI--SALO GASPARO DA ("The Great Brescian,"); his real name
Bertolotti; essentially a maker of Viols; primitive character of his
instruments; evidence as to date of his work; Ganassi's work on the
Art of Playing the Viol; six-stringed and four-stringed Viols; Martin
Agricola and his "Musica Instrumentalis;" Quatuor of instruments,
Decantus, Altus, Tenor, and Bassus; foundation by Da Salo of Italian
Violin-making; gradual and tentative development of his system; high
value of his labours as a pioneer; chief characteristics of his work;
his nice discrimination in choice of material; Signor Dragonetti's
four Double-Basses of this maker, and his presentation of one of them
to the Monastery St. Mark's, Venice--Sanoni, Giovanni Battista--Santo,
Giovanni--Sanzo--Sardi--Sellas, Matteo--SERAFINO, SANTO; exquisite
finish of his work; variation of model; high character of varnish and
work; his method of cutting; copied Amati and Stainer--Sneider,
Josefo--Socchi, Vincenzo--Sorsana--Stregner, Magno--Storioni; follower
of Guarneri del Gesu; his freak as to placing the sound-holes;
creditable character of his work in several respects--STRADIVARI,
ANTONIO; his renown beyond that of all others; researches as to
records of his life; evidence as to date of birth, marriage, and
death; Genealogical Table of his family; the inventory of his work
remaining at his death; similarity of his early work to that of his
master, Niccolo Amati; evidences as to later changes of style; his
inheritance of his aged master's tools and models; his purchase of his
house in Cremona; contemporary appreciation of his merits; his set of
Violins, Altos, and Violoncellos for King James of England; valuable
evidence of Desiderio Arisi, and of Vincenzo Lancetti; Count Cozio's
purchase of Stradivari's models, tools, and drawings, and their
present possession by the Marquis Dalla Valle; instruments made for
the Duke of Natalona, the Duke of Savoy, and the Duke of Modena; the
"Long Strad"; instruments for the Spanish Court; letter from the
Marquis Ariberti; a "Chest of Viols;" a "Concerto;" Stradivari's
"golden period," 1700; description of his instruments of this date;
the "Betts Strad;" guiding principles as to differences of
construction and quality of material; the "Dolphin Strad," its
exquisite beauty; tranquil character of Stradivari's life; war in
Cremona; Prince Eugene and Villeroy; visit of Philip V. of Spain to
Italy, and entry into Cremona; set of instruments for 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