Giuseppe Mondini

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Giuseppe Mondini (also Mendini ) (* 1631 in Imola , Northern Italy ; † November 17, 1718 in Florence ) was an Italian priest and instrument maker.

There is evidence that he worked in Florence between 1660 and 1701. As an indication of his reputation as an instrument maker, his products for prominent people of his time count. Among his clients were the cardinals Benedetto Pamphilj and Carlo di Ferdinando de 'Medici , who purchased two harpsichords and a spinet from Mondini. Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni had a harpsichord made with three registers .

Harpsichord by Giuseppe Mondini from 1701 in the Museum of Art and Industry Hamburg

The longest surviving single-manual harpsichord comes from Giuseppe Mondini and is located in the Museum of Art and Industry Hamburg . He made it in 1701 in the style of the Italian high baroque as a commissioned work for a high church dignitary. The instrument itself is in an outer protective housing, as the side walls are only five millimeters thick for reasons of sound. It has a length of 2682 mm, a width of 835 mm and a height of 213 mm.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Deutsche Clavichord Societät eV (DCS), Werner Meyer: Keyboard instruments in collections and their builders . Hamburg 2008, p. 159 ( full text [PDF; 12.8 MB; accessed on July 3, 2017]).
  2. ↑ Edward L. Kottick: A History of the Harpsichord . Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2003, ISBN 978-0253341662 , p. 144 ( limited preview in Google Book Search; accessed July 3, 2017).
  3. ^ Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Online Collection: Harpsichord Inventory number: 2000.517 . Retrieved July 3, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Mondini, Giuseppe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mendini, Giuseppe
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian musical instrument maker
DATE OF BIRTH 1631
PLACE OF BIRTH Imola , Northern Italy
DATE OF DEATH November 17, 1718
Place of death Florence