All Galleries articles – Page 12
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a Pierre Silvestre violin, Lyons 1847
This illustration of a Pierre Silvestre violin was published in The Strad, May 1916. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:I have met with other Silvestre instruments which in beauty of material have equalled or surpassed the illustrated instrument, but taking all points of workmanship, wood, ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: an Antonio Gragnani violin, 1750
This illustration of an Antonio Gragnani violin was published in The Strad, March 1916. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:Made in Leghorn, Italy, Gragnani’s instruments almost always possess a good tone, and on occasion he could, and did produce examples of good form and finish, ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a Zanetto viola
This illustration of a Zanetto viola was published in The Strad, January 1917. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:I am not acquainted with any English fiddle books which throw much light on Peregrino (or Pelegrino) Michelis di Zanetto, the maker of this extremely interesting viola. ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: an Antonio Mariani violin
This illustration of an Antonio Mariani, Pesaro violin was published in The Strad, July 1916. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:The instrument here illustrated has a remarkably fine tone, despite the inelegant and somewhat primitive design which characterises the work of Mariani. It is a ...
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GalleryInstruments of today and yesterday at Collège Saint Martin, Angers
Collège Saint Martin in Angers, France is hosting an exhibition of instruments from the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, plus contemporary examples, until 4 January 2015. The 'Vibrations and Resonances' collection is aimed at introducing people in the region to the 'vitality of the violin' and also involves local violin ...
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GalleryThe Campanula, featuring 16 sympathetic strings
The Campanula, a 20-stringed instrument named after the bell flower, was given a rare outing at the Musical Instrument Museum in Berlin during November, performed by Berlin Philharmonic cellist Georg Faust. The concert of Bach and Mozart followed the first Campanula Festival, held in the small town of ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù violin, 1736
This illustration of a Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù violin was published in The Strad, July 1915. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:This instrument has the most beautiful tone. It measures 13 ¾ inches in length of body, upper bouts 6 9/16 inches across, lower bouts ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a Gennaro Gagliano violin
This illustration of a Gennaro Gagliano violin was published in The Strad, September 1915. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:The names of Alexander, and his eldest son Niccolo, were familiar amongst our British fiddlers long before that of Gennaro came to the fore. Today, in ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a Domenica Montagana violin, 1715
This illustration of a Domenica Montagana violin was published in The Strad, June 1912. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: Of all the fiddles whose pictures have appeared in The Strad I can recall none to which that much abused word ‘unique’ can be more ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Giovanni Battista Rogeri, Brescia
This illustration of a violin by G.B. Rogeri was published in The Strad, May 1931. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs:G.B Rogeri was born in Bologna about 1650, and records show that he came to Cremona to learn fiddle-making from Niccolo Amati. The influence of ...
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GalleryViolin cases: security and splendour
In Accessories 2014 we track the evolution of the violin case through some of the more impresisvely built and decorated examples
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the Archive: a cello by Matteo Goffriller, Venice
This illustration of a cello by Matteo Goffriller was published in The Strad, January 1924. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: This violincello in the Lutyens collection is a finer specimen than any instrument I have yet seen except those by the finest of all ...
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GalleryThe six laureates of the International Violin Competition of Indianapolis
South Korean violinist Jinjoo Cho won first prize, worth $30,000, at the 2014 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis (IVCI) on Saturday, following her performance of Korngold's Violin Concerto.See pictures of the six competition laureates performing during the final with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra by clicking on any photo ...
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GalleryYale School of Music: The Petryn Collection
The Yale Collection of Musical Instruments recently acquired more than 20 stringed instruments and bows from the Andrew F. Petryn Collection. Here are five of the highlights: violins by Nicolò Amati, Matthias Klotz and Johann Klotz, an 18th-century English cello, and a c.1770 quinton by Nicolas Augustin Chappuy. ...
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Premium ❘ GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by John Hare, 1720
This illustration of a violin by John Hare was published in The Strad, October 1913. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Stefano Scarampella, Mantua, 1901
This illustration of a violin by Stefano Scarampella was published in The Strad, July 1958. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: The founder of the Scarampella family of violin makers, which originated in Brescia, was Paolo who was born in Brescia in 1803 and died ...
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GalleryA 1963 violin by Otello Bignami
This is a 1963 violin by Otello Bignami, one of the key figures in 20th-century Bolognese lutherie, who was born 100 years ago this year. Instruments of the Bologna school demonstrates the following features, as defined by Bignami in 1984: 'The purfling is peculiar, in that it is made up ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Giovanni Francesco Pressenda, Turin c1820
Thess photographs of a violin by Giovanni Francesco Pressenda was published in The Strad, January 1959. The following text is extracted from the accompanying article
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Ferdinando Gagliano, Naples 1774
This illustration of a violin by Ferdinando Gagliano was published in The Strad, May 1958. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: Ferdinando Gagliano was the eldest of the third generation of Gaglianos, a family of luthiers who enjoyed a virtual monopoly of violin making in ...
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GalleryFrom the Archive: a violin by Joseph Guarneri filius Andrea
This illustration of a violin by Joseph Guarneri was published in The Strad, January 1914. The following text is extracted from the article accompanying the photographs: There may be many interested in Italian work who, either ‘know not Joseph’, son of Andrea Guarneri, or in some way confuse his productions ...
