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Amati   /əmˈɑti/   Listen
Amati

noun
1.
Italian violin maker in Cremona; taught the craft to Guarneri and Stradivari (1596-1684).  Synonyms: Nicola Amati, Nicolo Amati.
2.
A violin made by Nicolo Amati or a member of his family.





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"Amati" Quotes from Famous Books



... up Cremona and read about its wonderful violins made in the sixteenth, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries by the Amati family and by Antonio Stradivari and Josef Guarnerius. It did not seem possible that Hopewell's instrument could be one of these beautifully wrought ...
— How Janice Day Won • Helen Beecher Long
... sweet old Amati! the divine Stradivari! played on by ancient maestros until the bow hand lost its power, and the flying fingers stiffened. Bequeathed to the passionate young enthusiast, who made it whisper his hidden love, and cry his inarticulate longings, and scream ...
— Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday • Henry C. Lahee


Words linked to "Amati" :   violin maker, violin, fiddle


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