Caspar Tieffenbrucker
Caspar Tieffenbrucker (* around 1514 near Füssen ; † December 16, 1571 in Lyon ) is one of the most important lute and violin makers of his time. His family name was also written Tiefenbrugger, Tiefenbrucker, Teufenbrugger, Tuiffenbrugger, Deuffenbrugger, Dieffopruchar, Dieffoprughar, Duyfautbrocard, Duiffopruggar, Duiffoprugcar, Dubrocard, Dieffoprukhar, Diafurgoprucho, Gasparfurgopruchar, Thabobrucaro, his first name is also Kasparo. He worked in Füssen, Lyon, Bologna and Rosshaupten .
Life
Caspar Tieffenbrucker came from a well-known family of instrument makers. From 1539 he spent years as a journeyman in Italy, probably with a relative, before he returned to Füssen in 1544 and in April of the same year obtained citizenship through marriage. From November 1553 he is documented in Lyon, where he spent most of his life. Tieffenbrucker is considered to be the founder of the French lute making school and was probably also one of the first violin makers to produce the violin there in the form it is used today. In 1558 he received the citizenship of Lyon.
Violins by Caspar Tieffenbrucker are rarely found today, most of the known instruments are replicas of Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume's from the 19th century. His son Caspar II. Tieffenbrucker (before 1570 – after 1582) worked as a lute and violin maker in Paris from the death of his father, most recently in rue Pot-de-Fer.
Caspar Tieffenbrucker was a. a. Teacher of Johann Helmer , lute and violin maker in Leipzig.
literature
- Willibald Leo Freiherr v. Lütgendorff: The violins and lute makers from the Middle Ages to the present day. 4th edition, 1st volume. Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt AG, Frankfurt, 1922.
- The Tieffenbrucker Family and its collaborators. pp. 262 - 343, in: Stefano Pio: Viol and Lute Makers of Venice 1490 -1630 , Venice, 2012, Ed. Venice research.
Web links
- Caspar Tieffenbrucker in the Bavarian Musicians' Lexicon Online (BMLO)
- Pierre Woeiriot's portrait of Tieffenbrucker from 1548 in Philipp Hainhofer's lute book (© Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.bmlo.uni-muenchen.de/t0183 , accessed on September 22, 2017
- ↑ veniceresearch.com ( Memento of the original from March 13, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tieffenbrucker, Caspar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Duiffopruggar, Gasparo; Tieffenbrucker, Kaspar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lute and violin maker from the Tieffenbruck family |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1514 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Feet |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1571 |
| Place of death | Lyon |