Guarneri (Noun)
Meaning 1
Founder of a family of Italian violin makers (1626?-1698).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The renowned luthier Andrea Guarneri is considered the founder of the famous Guarneri family of violin makers.
- Guarneri's innovations in violin design and construction were adopted by many of his contemporaries.
- As the founder of the Guarneri family, Andrea's instruments were highly prized by musicians and collectors alike.
- Guarneri's sons, Pietro and Giuseppe, went on to become notable violin makers in their own right.
- Andrea Guarneri's influence on violin making can still be seen in the work of modern luthiers who study and emulate his designs.
Synonyms
Meaning 2
Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745).
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- Pietro da Montichiari is considered the pupil and possible nephew of Andrea Guarneri.
- A new musical phenomenon swept over London after Andrea Guarneri took it up again and started reproducing the new virtuosity.
- There was the next generation of Italian makers after Antonio Stradivari which had given rise to others after Andrea's son, Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri, who, along with the likes of Gasparo da Salò and his nephew, son of his sister, had tried to create new instruments with deeper backs.
- Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri achieved far greater success with much of his work now attributed to the master Antonio Stradivari's early pupil.
- A fine grand Guarneri model of very handsome design and carrying no doubt as was the mark of Andrea's pupil the spirit.