Among the many makers bearing the Amati name, the following are outstanding: Andrea (Cremona, Italy, 1525-1611) is known as the founder of the great Cremonese school of violin making. Before he turned ...

[violin playing] In the 16th century, Cremonese violins became popular as musicians were demanding new instruments that would allow them to express emotion and dazzle with virtuosity. Cremona led ...

1617-83) is the earliest and most important Austrian violin maker whose model influenced violin making ... are still cherished and can hold their own with the best of Cremonese makers. Many imitations ...

The remarkable museum that he curates serves as the home of the Cristiani, together with a collection of stringed instruments crafted by the illuminati of seventeenth-century Cremonese violin making.

Considered by many to be the 'perfect instrument', the violin of today shares the basic ... Modern science, however, has revealed much about how the Cremonese masterpieces produce their superb ...