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Amati ( / əˈmɑːti /, Italian: [aˈmaːti]) 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. Today, violins created by Nicolò Amati are valued at around $600,000. [1]
The violin sold for $620,000, then a record for a Nicolo Amati at auction. Also sold in the October 2009 auction was a Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume violin made c. 1860, which fetched a record $210,000. In June 2010 Tarisio auctioned the contents of the Philadelphia violin firm of William Moennig & Son.
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. They were distantly related to the ...
Don Nicolò Amati. Violin, ca. 1760 from the Artemio Maestro Versari collection. 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. He pursued both careers, priesthood and violinmaking, throughout his lifetime.
Jacob Stainer ( c. 1618[ discuss] –1683) was the earliest and best known Austrian and Germanic luthier. His violins were sought after by famous 17th- and 18th-century musicians and composers including Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and George Simon-Lohein [ de]. [1] [2] Arcangelo Corelli was one of many who played a Stainer ...
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