Carcassi

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Carcassi is the family name of several musical instrument makers in Florence during the 18th century. The most famous among them are Lorenzo and Tomaso Carcassi. The various instrument makers are best known for the labels that were affixed to the musical instruments they made. The relationship between the individual persons is unknown. The guitarist and composer Matteo Carcassi (1792–1853) from Florence probably also belonged to this family.

Members of the Carcassi family

Lorenzo Carcassi etiquette
Etiquette from Tommaso Carcassi
  • Giovanni Carcassi (around 1685–1688): He built spinets and harpsichords , one of which is now in the Stockholm Museum , which is dated 1688.
  • Matteo Carcassi : In the Italian work “ Cenni storici della vita del Serenissimo Ferdinando dei Medici Granduca di Toscana e della origine del pianoforte ”, the guitar maker ( chitarraio ) Matteo Carcassi, son of Giovanni Andrea Carcassi, is named for 1709 .
  • Francesco Carcassi (approx. 1735–1740): violins have survived from him.
  • Lorenzo Carcassi (approx. 1737–1775): He is the most famous instrument maker. He made high-quality violins that are nowadays more expensive among collectors. In the past, his place of residence or business was at the Church of Madonna dei Ricci and later in Borgo San Fridiano . Various types of violins have survived from him, but also guitars and harps . He and his brother Tomaso were obviously students of Giovanni Baptista Gabrielli .
  • Tomaso Carcassi (approx. 1747–1786): He was the younger brother of Lorenzo. The most recent instruments he received date back to 1786. Both brothers worked partly together, partly on their own.
  • Antonio Felice Carcassi (approx. 1770–1773): Only poorly attested instrument maker.
  • Giovanni Carcassi (around 1710–1810): Also badly attested instrument maker.
  • Salvatore Carcassi (around 1802): Salvatore worked in Naples , from whom guitars are best known.
  • Vincenco Carcassi (around 1815): He worked on the Piazza San Michele in Florence and worked in part with Salvatore.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mauro Mariottini: Matteo Carcassi (1793? - 1853): Un aggiornamento bio-bibliografico . in: Il Fronimo , n ° 108 (1999). P. 31
  2. ^ Mauro Mariottini: Il Fronimo , n ° 108 (1999). P. 31

literature

  • Willibald Leo Lütgendorff: The violin and lute makers from the Middle Ages to the present . Heinrich Keller publishing house, Frankfurt 1904.