3rd Generation 1676-1755

Question 1

Carlo Antonio Testore

Answer 1

Born in Milan (1687 - 1765)

• Son of Carlo Giuseppe
• Most active as a luthier 1715 - 1745 -Howly Collection of Violins
• Brother Paolo Antonio
• His work is hasty and less distinguished -Tarisio, Wikipedia
• Father died young, leaving him and his 16-year-old brother in charge of the business
• Giovanni, his son, assisted at the end of his career -Tarisio

Question 2

Born in Milan (1687 - 1765)

• Son of Carlo Giuseppe
• Most active as a luthier 1715 - 1745 -Howly Collection of Violins
• Brother Paolo Antonio
• His work is hasty and less distinguished -Tarisio, Wikipedia
• Father died young, leaving him and his 16-year-old brother in charge of the business
• Giovanni, his son, assisted at the end of his career -Tarisio

Answer 2

Carlo Antonio Testore

Question 3

Lorenzo Storioni (1744-1816)

Answer 3

• Of Cremona with no direct link to Stadivari
• Led “comeback” of violin in Cremona a generation after Guaneri and Strad (Wikipedia)
• Teacher of Giovanni Rota and Giovanni Battista Ceruti
• Shows influence from Giovanni Batista Guadagnini and Tommaso Baliestri (Wikipedia)
• Made a massive amount of instruments between 1775 and 1795.
• He changed the position of the F-hole, selected unusual materials such as local wild maple, and decorated his instruments with wide and rugged fringe, giving them strong but elegant looks as well as excellent sound (Wikipedia)

Question 4

• Of Cremona with no direct link to Stadivari
• Led “comeback” of violin in Cremona a generation after Guaneri and Strad (Wikipedia)
• Teacher of Giovanni Rota and Giovanni Battista Ceruti
• Shows influence from Giovanni Batista Guadagnini and Tommaso Baliestri (Wikipedia)
• Made a massive amount of instruments between 1775 and 1795.
• He changed the position of the F-hole, selected unusual materials such as local wild maple, and decorated his instruments with wide and rugged fringe, giving them strong but elegant looks as well as excellent sound (Wikipedia)

Answer 4

Lorenzo Storioni (1744 — 1816)

Question 5

Italy 1750 - 1800

Answer 5

• “Decades of war, “reforms,” and repeated conquering by the French and Austrians dismantled the social and economic structure of Cremona, In the 1770s,
• just as Storioni emerged, the guilds that had governed the skilled crafts since the Middle Ages were abolished by the conquering Austrians.
• The Jesuit fathers, whose educational institutions were major patrons of the violin makers, were suppressed by the Pope
• the lay corporationsr, who conducted commerce on behalf of Cremona’s religious orders, were abolished.
• The church and nobility—primary patrons of the violin makers—lost power and money as the French and Austrians taxed and requisitioned treasure out of Italy to pay for the wars.” - [Duane Rosengard in a 1991 paper published in the Journal of the Violin Society of America.]