Historical figure Antonio Stradivari Stradivari

Born in: 1644  - Died in: 1737
It soon became famous throughout Europe, built, in addition to strings, guitars and instruments of various shapes, except for double basses, as calculated, more than 1100 violins and violas and at least 80 cellos, which were played by the greatest violinists of every time including Nicolò Paganini and GB Viotti.

He worked in Nicola Amati's workshop in Cremona. In 1680 he bought a house in Piazza S. Domenico (now Piazza Roma) and opened his own shop, where he worked until his death. He had 11 children, of whom two, Francesco (1671-1743) and Omobono (1679-1742), followed his father's profession, without excelling.

In 1782, for example, GB Viotti made his violins known in France and then in England, and these two countries joined Italy, Spain, Germany, in feverishly searching for the products of Stradivari, considered the most perfect expression of art of violin making.

Taking advantage of the glorious traditions of two schools, Brescia and Cremona, and taking advantage of the advice of the great Italian violinists of the time, over 75 years of work, Stradivari ceaselessly elaborated the principles of his art, managing to assert his personality in all the essential elements, aimed at the acoustic performance, and, also in the secondary ones aimed at a continuous aesthetic improvement, in the construction of the stringed instruments. The dosage of the various components of the paint is of particular importance for the purpose of sound rendering.

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