Guarnerius

American  

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

noun

plural

Guarneriuses

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

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Example Sentences

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

On Thursday Mr. Zimmermann played another presumably priceless violin from that era, a Guarnerius del Gesù, on loan for a few weeks from a benefactor.

From New York Times • Feb. 27, 2015

Ms. Salerno-Sonnenberg now plays a much more comfortable Peter Guarnerius of 1721.

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

Whether in power, purity, and sweetness of tone—or beauty of wood and workmanship—the best instruments of Nicholas Amati, Antonius Stradiuarius, and Joseph Guarnerius have never yet been equalled.

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)