Cremona
Cremona is a town, in Italy, known as the home of early pioneers in making musical instruments, who are credited with building the first Violins.[1] In 2012 UNESCO listed Cremona as an International Heritage site, due to its association with the history of violin making.[2]
Andrea Amati is often credited as the inventor of the modern violin.[3] His sons, Antonio Amati and Girolamo Amati, and his grandson Nicola Amati were also widely recognized for making fine violins.
Nicola is also known for training several apprentices, who went on to highly notable careers, including Antonio Stradivari, and Andrea Guarneri. Hundreds of violins made by Stradivari and Guarneri continued to be played, today, and are extremely valuable. Wealthy music patrons are known for providing instruments from these makers to selected violinists, when they are considered among the world's most gifted, on the premise that the world's most gifted violinists should play the world's best violins.
References
- ↑ Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona, UNESCO, 2012. Retrieved on 2024-02-11. “Each violin-maker constructs from three to six instruments per year, shaping and assembling more than 70 pieces of wood around an inner mould by hand, according to the different acoustic response of each piece. No two violins are alike.”
- ↑ Violin Makers of the Amati Family, Smithsonian Institute. Retrieved on 2024-02-11.