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Violin maker Antonio Bagatella: First among equals

2025-03-14T09:43:11.090Z

Despite few of his violins surviving today, Antonio Bagatella is important in violin history for writing one of the first treatises on instrument design. Christian Pabst examines his work and shows how his methods stand up to scrutiny
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From the archive: a 1759 viola by Antonio Bagatella

2018-04-10T12:14:00Z

In this article from the February 2015 issue of The Strad, Jens Stenz takes a close look at a short but broad 18th-century viola made in Padua

All antonio-bagatella articles

Violin maker Antonio Bagatella: First among equals

From the archive: a 1759 viola by Antonio Bagatella