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Guarnerius

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[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

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

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

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2012

He was 14 when he made his debut in Vienna, impressed critics with his fluency, impressed his father into buying him a $100,000 Guarnerius del Gesu violin.

From Time Magazine Archive

Certainly there are few collectors who can boast of having so many fine violins as these four by Guarnerius, and the four by Stradiuarius previously described.

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 Pearce, J. H. (Joseph Henry)

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