Amati
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- proper noun
- /əˈmɑːti/
- The first known great violin maker was Andrea Amati of Cremona.
- Andrea Amati
Examples
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Along with his contemporary, Gasparo da Salo of Brescia, Amati began to create instruments with individual, distinct voices far superior to the fiddles that dancing teachers used to put their pupils through their paces.
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Amati was the patriarch of the Cremonese violin trade, founding a family of violin makers that included his sons Antonio and Girolamo.
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Niccolo Amati died in 1684, just before these pressures forced the development of a new form for the instrument.
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A violin made in 1666 bears his label and adds that the maker was an "alumnus, Nicolai Amati," one of Niccolo's students.
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The earliest surviving cellos date from the middle of the sixteenth century, all six of them made by Andrea Amati, including one, called "the King," that was probably part of Charles IX's set of instruments.
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If we abandon the benefit of hindsight, Stradivari appears simply to have continued the steady progress of innovation and improvement begun 150 years earlier by Andrea Amati.
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By the time Niccolo reached the prime of his career, in the middle 1600s, the Amati family, along with the other makers clustered in Cremona, had managed to create instruments that set the standard for musical performance at the time: violins that possessed a recognized, highly valued combination of versatility and beauty.
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Andrea Amati is regarded as the founder of the Cremonese school of violin making.
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Many musicians dream of owning an Amati violin due to its historical significance and rich sound.
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The Amati family significantly influenced the craft of violin making during the Renaissance.
Synonyms
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A violin made by a famous Italian family of instrument makers from Cremona
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An Italian violin maker from the 1600s who made very fine violins
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An Italian violin maker who developed the modern violin and made instruments with very good sound
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An Italian maker of violins from the early 1700s known for a rich, powerful tone
A violin maker from Cremona in the 1600s who taught famous makers like Stradivari
An Italian maker of violins famous for their very rich sound
Surface Forms
Etymology
Amati is an Italian family name that comes from Latin amatus ('beloved') from amare ('to love'). That is why members of the Amati family are remembered as master violin makers whose work is highly valued.