Guarnerius
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I’ll bet you a 1734 Guarnerius once owned by Bronislaw Huberman that you can’t find an interview or profile that doesn’t foreground some prominent mention of a certain landmark 1986 Tanglewood performance.
From Washington Post ● May 12, 2021
After winning a silver medal at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow at 17, she was loaned a Guarnerius del Gesù.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2012
The number of Strads and Guarnerius del Gesùs and Amatis and Bergonzis is not.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2012
He is deluged with gifts, which he almost invariably sends back; he once refused a $30,000 Guarnerius violin.
From Time Magazine Archive
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GUARNIERI, or Guarnerius, a celebrated family of violin-makers of Cremona.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various
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