Wendelin Tieffenbrucker

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Renaissance lute labeled " MANDOLA GIA 'LIUTO, V. Venere, Padova - 1595 ", Rome Museum of Musical Instruments

Wendelin Tieffenbrucker , also Vendelio Venere (* before 1551, † after 1611), is considered one of the most important lute makers of his time. He worked in Padua and Venice .

life and work

The from the known instrument makers family Tieffenbrucker native son of Leonhard Tieffenbrucker led a workshop in Padua. Along with Michael Hartung and Magnus Tieffenbrucker (1580–1631), Tieffenbrucker was one of the most important lute makers who produced elaborate lutes using the technology that emerged in the 1580s more than 50 lamellas was glued.

In 1590 or earlier, Tieffenbrucker manufactured an extraordinary string instrument with a range of 6.5 octaves and with 50 strings, which can be described as an arch lute with harp strings additionally stretched in a frame attached to the side. The unique piece could be derived from the Arabic šāh-rūd , the range of which was four octaves.

The Cité de la musique in Paris , the Accademia Filarmonica in Bologna , the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna , the Germanic National Museum and the Museum for Musical Instruments at the University of Leipzig have preserved lutes from Tieffenbrucker.

family

Wendelin Tieffenbrucker was Michael Hartung's father-in-law (before 1593 - after 1640), lute maker in Padua, Roßhaupten and Venice and uncle of Christoforo Heberle (around 1546 – ​​before 1621), lute maker in Venice. His grandson Georg Pfanzelt (before 1625 – after 1635) was a lute and violin maker in Padua.

literature

  • Willibald Leo Freiherr von Lütgendorff: The violins and lute makers from the Middle Ages to the present. 4th edition, 1st volume. Frankfurter Verlags-Anstalt, Frankfurt, 1922.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Lowe: The Historical Development of the Lute in the 17th Century. In: The Galpin Society Journal, Vol. 29, May 1976, pp. 11-25, here p. 13
  2. ↑ Pavel Elector: SAH rúd. In: Archives for Musicology . 41st volume, issue 4. Steiner, Stuttgart 1984, p. 307f
personal data
SURNAME Tieffenbrucker, Wendelin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vendelio Venere
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lute maker from the Tieffenbruck family , working in Padua
DATE OF BIRTH before 1551
DATE OF DEATH after 1611