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Guarnerius

American  
[gwahr-nair-ee-uhs] / gwɑrˈnɛər i əs /

noun

  • Guarneriuses
    plural
  1. a violin made by Guarneri or by a member of his family.


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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

He was able to translate that approach to the Guarnerius in the Sibelius performance.

From New York Times Feb. 27, 2015

She lost a Guarnerius del Gesù when the lender decided he wanted to sell it.

From New York Times Jan. 29, 2012

"I put my life savings into a Guarnerius violin," said First Violinist Melvin Ritter, "and I don't want to take it onstage to thump it on the back."

From Time Magazine Archive

There are many other fine specimens of Guarnerius in this country.

From Violins and Violin Makers Biographical Dictionary of the Great Italian Artistes, their Followers and Imitators, to the present time. With Essays on Important Subjects Connected with the Violin. by J. H. (Joseph Henry) Pearce

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