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In Focus: A 1705 violin by Giovanni Battista Rogeri

2025-08-22T08:34:00

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Julian Hersh examines an instrument made only a few years before the Brescian maker’s death

The Amati family monopolised instrument building in 16th-century Cremona, primarily producing instruments of the violin family. By contrast, Brescia in the 16th century was home to a group of luthiers producing a wide range of instruments including lutes, viols and other bowed stringed instruments…

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