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Lutherie in Bologna: Roots & Success

History of the Classic Makers of Stringed Instruments in the Modern Age
to which a Complete Listing of the [284] Active Makers in town is added (1496 - 1998)

by Sandro Pasqual & Roberto Regazzi

With a foreword by Eugenio Riccomini
Hardbound edition limited to 500 numbered copies, 224 pages
Italian & English text
by Elisabeth Jenkins Ravani
ISBN 88-85250-05-X
Lit. 100.000

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Table of contents:

Preface
Introduction
'Looking a History through a good pair of glasses' (Preliminary remarks)
Filling in the gap
The need for periodization
History and economy of Bologna between 16th & 17th Centuries
The Sixteenth Century
The Seventeenth Century
The Eighteenth Century
Bologna: a city for music
Developments in the musical profession in the XVII century
Between the crises: The Eighteenth Century.
Stringed musical instruments in everyday life
Studies and other works on music in Bologna.
A neglected garden An introduction to the history of the lute-makers' community in Bologna
Browsing through old papers
No life outside the Arte
Streets and workshops
The XVI Century: The history of the art of the luthier begins
Luca Maler (1480 -1552)
The bottega of the lute-maker
The lute-makers of Luca Maler's enterprise
Luca Maler: Life and economic success
The family
The 'German Nation' in Bologna
Final Reflexions
The Frei Family Hans Frei (1505 -1565)
The second generation: Hans (1555 - 1622) and Caspar (1560 - 1626)
Antonio Brensi (1520 - 1595) and Girolamo Brensi (1540 - after 1603)
Conclusion
The Sthoas Family
A history of lute-makers
The other members of the Sthoas family
The Pfanzelts
Andrea Pfanzelt
The other luthiers of the Pfanzelt-Fancelli family
Martino Otti (1625 - 1703)
Carlo Tirler
Conclusions
The Guidanti Family
Floriano Guidante (1643 or '44 - 1715)
Giovanni Guidanti (1687 - 1760)
The other members of the Fiorini Family
Some interesting information on the 'Chronology' of Padre Penna
The Tononi dynasty
The origin of the Tononi dynasty: Gaspare (1607 - 1693)
Pietro Andrea Tononi (1647 - after 1713)
Giovanni Tononi (1640 - 1713)
Felice (ca. 1670 - after 1735) and Carlo Annibale (1675 - 1730)
A mysterious Bolognese: Don Nicola Amati
Don Nicola Marchioni (1662 - 1752)
Michel Angelo Garani (ca. 1665 - after 1743)
Alessandro Cappelli (ca. 1700 - 1775) and Floriano Bosi (ca. 1715 - after 1803)
Giovanni Giuseppe Fontanelli (1709 - 1777)
Giovanni Antonio Marchi
The treatise on the viola by Francesco Sgargi
The manuscripts by Padre Martini
The manuscript by Giovanni Antonio Marchi
Conclusion
A Quick Dictionary of the Bolognese makers (1496 - 1998)
Bibliography
Index

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