“The books are certainly nice to look at, but we – incorrigible readers – were truly impressed by their text. Alessandra Barabaschi, a young art historian from Emilia Romagna who currently lives in Bonn, has accomplished all of the 148 articles about Stradivari's works of art (they are coequal to paintings) included in this publication. Barabaschi was the one who scored the most felicitous coup. […] The importance of this publication lies therefore more in Stradivari's historiography, than in its look.”
Stefano Salis - “Il Sole 24 Ore” - 5th of June 2011
“[The reader] can look forward to a lifetime of long-lasting joy with this unprecedented work, whose texts trace back meticulously the fate of every instrument on the basis of significant sources such as Hill, Beare, Hamma, or Sacconi.”
Reinhard Seiffert - “das Orchester” - 02/2012
Alessandra Barabaschi is the author of this prestigious work in four volumes titled “Antonio Stradivari”, which was reviewed for example in the newspaper “Il Sole 24 Ore” and in the magazine “das Orchester”.
She narrates the exciting and diverse history of 148 instruments by the legendary violin-maker Antonio Stradivari and describes their technical qualities and physical conditions.
Her texts provide a remarkable insight into the life of musicians, kings, collectors, and businessmen who have owned these masterpieces.
She takes the reader on a journey through fascinating epochs and characters, which are intertwined with the unmistakable sound of these marvellous instruments.
ISBN: 978-3-00-031644-9
Published in October 2010.
The following instruments by Stradivari are described in the book by Alessandra Barabaschi:
- ca. 1666-1669 “NN”, violin
- ca. 1667 “Aranyi”, violin
- ca. 1667-1690 “Flatback”, cello
- 1669 “Francalucci”, “Clisbee”, violin
- 1669 “Tullaye”, violin
- 1670 “Sachs”, violin
- ca. 1670-1672 “NN”, violin
- 1672 “Mahler”, viola
- 1677 “Sunrise”, violin
- 1679 “Hellier”, violin
- 1679 “Parera”, violin
- 1681 “Count de Lachenais”, “Reynier”, violin
- 1683 “Amatisé”, “De Ahna”, violin
- 1684 “Croall”, “McEwen”, violin
- 1684 “Lord Elphinstone”, “Veerman”, violin
- ca. 1686 “Golden Bell”, violin
- ca. 1686 “Rosgonyl”, violin
- 1687 “Bertier”, “Kubelik”, violin
- 1687 “Spanish”, “Ole Bull”, violin
- 1688 “Cazenove”, “Marylebone”, cello
- ca. 1688 “Guyot”, violin
- 1690 “Theodor”, violin
- ca. 1690 “Barjansky”, cello
- 1692 “Bennett”, violin
- 1692 “Oliveira”, violin
- ca. 1693 “Lord Speyer”, “Maurice Gendron”, cello
- 1694 “Bonvalot”, “Lady Margaret”, violin
- 1695 “Goetz”, violin
- 1695 “Axelrod”, viola
- ca. 1695 “NN”, violin
- ca. 1695 “Salomon”, violin
- ca. 1695 “Sandars”, violin
- ca. 1696 “Prince Gursky”, cello
- 1697 “Castelbarco”, cello
- ca. 1697-1698 “Montbel”, violin
- 1698 “De Kermadec-Bläss”, cello
- 1698 “Magg”, cello
- 1698 “St. Senoch”, “Murray”, cello
- ca. 1698 “Rouse-Boughton”, violin
- ca. 1698 “Théonville”, violin
- 1699 “Lafont”, violin
- 1699 “St. Vallier”, violin
- ca. 1699 “Castelbarco”, violin
- ca. 1699 “Penny”, violin
- 1700 “Cristiani”, “Stauffer”, cello
- 1700 “Heberlein”, violin
- 1700 “Ward”, violin
- ca. 1700 “Jupiter”, violin
- 1701 “Dushkin”, “Albert Sandler”, violin
- 1701 “Servais”, cello
- 1702 “Brodsky”, violin
- 1702 “Lukens”, “Elder”, “Voicu”, violin
- 1702 “Phillips”, violin
- 1702 “Thunis”, violin
- ca. 1702 “Conte de Fontana”, “Oistrakh”, “Peterlongo”, violin
- ca. 1702 “King Maximilian Joseph”, violin
- 1703 “Milanollo”, “Hembert”, violin
- 1703 “NN”, violin
- 1703 “NN”, violin
- ca. 1703 “Crown Prince Frederick William of Prussia”, “Rynberger”, violin
- ca. 1703 “Dancla”, violin
- ca. 1703 “NN”, violin
- 1704 “Betts”, violin
- 1704 “Liebig”, “Schneiderhan”, violin
- 1704 “Sammons”, violin
- 1706 “Corbett”, violin
- 1707 “Brüstlein”, violin
- 1707 “Hammer”, violin
- ca. 1707-1710 “Castelbarco”, “Fau”, cello
- 1708 “Empress Caterina of Russia”, “Salzard”, violin
- 1708 “Havemeyer”, “Lyall”, violin
- 1708 “Marchesa Guasco”, violin
- ca. 1708-1709 “Andrejeus”, violin
- 1709 “Greffuhle”, violin
- 1709 “Hämmerle”, “Adler”, violin
- 1709 “Scotta-Kaulbach”, “Kempner”, violin
- 1710 “Baron Rotschild”, “Gore-Booth”, cello
- 1710 “Leslie”, “Tate”, violin
- 1711 “Earl of Plymouth”, “Kreisler”, violin
- 1711 “Lady Inchiquin”, violin
- 1711 “Vogelweith”, violin
- 1711 “Mara”, cello
- 1712 “Schreiber”, violin
- 1713 “Gibson”, “Hubermann”, violin
- 1714 “Joachim”, “Ma”, violin
- 1714 “Leonora Jackson”, violin
- ca. 1714 “da Vinci”, “Juif Errant”, violin
- 1715 “Aurea”, violin
- 1715 “Harold Joachim”, “1715”, “Cremonese”, violin
- ca. 1715 “Schneiderhan”, violin
- 1716 “Baron Wittgenstein”, violin
- 1716 “Goldman”, “Milstein”, violin
- 1716 “Nachèz”, violin
- ca. 1716 “Baron Oppenheim”, “Professor Exner”, violin
- ca. 1716 “Berthier”, “Franz von Vecsey”, violin
- 1717 “Hämmerle”, “Baumgartner”, violin
- 1717 “Reiffenberg”, violin
- 1717 “Bonamy Dobree”, “Suggia”, cello
- 99.1718 “Székely”, violin
- 1718 “Viotti”, “Arnold Rosé”, violin
- ca. 1718 “Prové”, violin
- 1719 “Wieniawski”, “Bower”, violin
- 1720 “Bavarian”, “King Ludwig II of Bavaria”, violin
- 1720 “L'Evêque”, violin
- 1720 “Rochester”, violin
- ca. 1720 “Red Mendelssohn”, violin
- ca. 1720-1725 “Tartini”, violin
- 1721 “Lelong”, “Cobbett”, “Joseph Suk”, violin
- 1721 “NN”, violin
- 1722 “Hamma”, “Vollrath”, violin
- 1722 “Rode”, violin
- ca. 1722 “Cadiz”, “Cannon”, “Wilmotte”, violin
- ca. 1722 “Joachim”, “Elman”, “Bloomfeld”, violin
- 1723 “Edler”, “McCormack”, “Healy”, violin
- ca. 1723 “Kiesewetter”, violin
- 1724 “Ludwig”, violin
- 1724 “Paganini”, “Bentinck”, “Stucki”, “Sándor Végh”, violin
- 1724 “Rawark”, violin
- 1724 “Hausmann”, cello
- ca. 1724 “Abergavenny”, violin
- 1725 “Chaconne”, “Hammig”, violin
- 1725 “Duke of Cambridge”, “Bott”, violin
- 1725 “Koeber”, violin
- ca. 1725 “da Vinci”, violin
- 1726 “Sleeping Beauty”, violin
- 1727 “Barrère”, violin
- 1727 “Halphen”, “Benvenuti”, violin
- 1727 “Holroyd”, violin
- 1727 “NN”, violin
- 1727 “Cassavetti”, viola
- ca. 1727 “Laub”, “Petschnikoff”, violin
- 1728 “Artôt”, “Alard”, violin
- 1728 “Perkin”, violin
- 1728 “Thunis”, violin
- 1729 “Benny”, violin
- 1729 “Innes”, “Loder”, violin
- ca. 1729 “Maurin”, “Rubinoff”, violin
- ca. 1730 “Vesuvius”, violin
- 1731 “Lady Jeanne”, violin
- 1732 “Stuart”, “Honigberg”, cello
- ca. 1732 “Baillot”, “Briselli”, violin
- ca. 1732 “Rieu”, violin
- ca. 1733 “Tangye”, “Segelman”, violin
- 1734 “Baron Feilitzsch”, “Heermann”, violin
- 1734 “Scotland University”, violin
- 1734 “Wilmotte”, violin
- ca. 1734 “St. Senoch”, “Gibson”, viola
- ca. 1736 “Spencer Dyke”, violin
