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A Cremonese Sound: The Violin Makers of Cremona, Italy |
| Section: CULTURE / PEOPLES |
| Author: Martin Gani |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2001 |
| Size: 2,030 Words, 12,663 Characters |
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The recital is followed by a guided tour of the Palazzo Comunale. As we enter the Saletta dei Violini (violin chamber), exclamations of surprise and wonder fill the room. Five violins and a viola each proudly stand erect in a glass case. Light from the chandeliers bounces off the glass and marble floor to create a glittery ensemble. A closer inspection reveals that these instruments were made by Andrea Amati (1566), his sons Gerolamo and Antonio (viola, 1615), grandson Niccol (1658), Giuseppe Guarneri (1689), his son Giuseppe Guarneri del Ges (1734), and Antonio Stradivari (1715). These three families of violin makers not only invented the modern violin but took this noble art to such a height that experts are still laboring to discover the secrets behind the masterfully crafted instrume...
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...nts out where Stradivari lived and a museum exhibits his tools and plans along with old and new instruments made in Cremona. Every three years the city holds a violin-making competition named after Stradivari, drawing craftsmen from around the world. But it is the daily recitals by maestro Mosconi at the Palazzo Comunale that keep alive the spirits of Stradivari and Cremona's other masters.
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