Francesco Ruggeri
Francesco Ruggeri (* around 1630 in Cremona ; † October 28, 1698 there ; also Francesco Ruggieri , Francesco Rugeri , Latin Franciscus Ruggerius ) was an Italian violin maker of the Baroque .
Life
Francesco Ruggeri, known as "il Per", was a contemporary of Nicola Amati , but lived outside Cremona's city walls in the suburbs of San Bernardo and San Sebastiano in the shadow of the great violin maker. So far there is no evidence of a student body at Amati, but both families were connected through sponsorships. Francesco Ruggeri built his instruments in an Amati-influenced style.
His instruments, similar to the style of the Amati violins, had more pronounced, magnificently shaped snails. Ruggieri's main creative period was the 1670s and 1680s; he mainly built violins, violas and cellos . His main contribution to violin making was the development of a smaller cello than was common at the time. After 1670 he worked with his three sons, Giovanni Battista Ruggeri (1653-1711), Giacinto Ruggeri (1661-1697) with his son Antonio Ruggeri (after 1690) and Vincenzo Ruggeri (1663-1719). The latter was the only one of the sons to achieve fame and success in violin making independently of him after his father's death.
Today, Ruggeri original instruments are just as valuable as Amatis and can exceed the 1,000,000 euro mark. Francesco Ruggeri's violoncellos in particular are still reproduced today, as they produce a particularly beautiful sound due to their full and elegant arching of the sound body with harmoniously shaped f-holes .
Several musicians currently play instruments attributed to Ruggeri, such as Orfeo Mandozzi (cello, 1675) and Benedict Kloeckner (cello, 1680), Guy Braunstein (violin, 1679).
literature
- Tim Ingles, John Dilworth: Four Centuries of Violin Making: Fine Instruments from the Sotheby's Archive . Cozio Publishing, Rapperswil CH 2006, ISBN 0-9764431-1-2
Web links
- The History of the Violin . William Bartruff
- Historical mislabeling u. a. on Francesco Ruggeri "Amati violin sheet"
- Francesco Ruggeri on cozio.com
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ruggeri, Francesco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ruggieri, Francesco; Rugeri, Francesco; Franciscus Ruggerius, il Per; Franciscus Rugerius, il Per |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian violin maker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1630 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cremona |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 28, 1698 |
| Place of death | Cremona |