Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi
Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi (* around 1715 ; † November 22, 1784 in Baveno ) was an Italian violin and cello maker.
Landolfi was born around 1715. The place of birth and the exact date of birth are not known. After an apprenticeship in Cremona , he returned to Milan in 1734 and founded his workshop here. He worked in Milan from around 1735 to 1775. His violins and especially his violoncellos are highly regarded. Landolfi imitated Giuseppe Guarneri's first violins with great skill. The first cellos, on the other hand, seemed inspired by the models of Pietro Guarneri II and Antonio Stradivari . Landolfi finally went his own way in making instruments. His instruments are characterized by small, delicate carvings. They show a full tone of great carrying capacity. Because of this, Landolfi's violins and cellos have been valued by solo artists throughout the centuries.
Landolfi's most famous students include Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza , who opened his own shop in Milan around 1760, and one of his two sons, Pietro Antonio, who worked in the family workshop in Milan between 1760 and 1785. Pietro Antonio could not match his father's art; his instruments appear less accurate than his father's instruments, even if the color is very similar. The sound is just as powerful and full.
literature
- Wilibald Gurlitt, Carl Dahlhaus (editor): Riemann Musik-Lexikon. In three volumes and two supplementary volumes. Landolfi, Carlo Ferdinando. 12th completely revised edition. 2. Person part L – ZB Schotts-Söhne, Mainz 1959, p. 17 (first edition: 1882).
- Claude Lebet: Landolfi, Carlo Ferdinando. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 63: Labroca-Laterza. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2004.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Landolfi, Carlo Ferdinando |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian violin and cello maker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1715 |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1784 |
| Place of death | Baveno |