Magnus Tieffenbrucker

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Magnus Tieffenbrucker (III.) , Also Magno Dieffopruchar (* 1580 ; † 1631 ) is one of the most important lute and viola makers in Venice .

Magnus, who comes from the famous Tieffenbrucker family of instrument makers , worked in Venice all his life and ran a workshop there. The Musées lausannois and the Germanisches Nationalmuseum have preserved lutes by Magno Tieffenbrucker. Many renaissance lutes from the Tieffenbrucker workshop were bought up in the 17th century and v. a. in France converted to baroque lutes or theorbs .

literature

  • Willibald Leo Frhr 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.
  • Tieffenbrucker, Magno (III): Tieffenbrucker, Magno . Europeana. Retrieved December 29, 2012.
personal data
SURNAME Tieffenbrucker, Magnus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dieffopruchar, Magno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lute and viola maker in Venice
DATE OF BIRTH 1580
DATE OF DEATH 1631