Andrea Castagneri

Andrea Castagneri (Turin, 11 June 1696 – Paris, 5 December 1747) was an Italian luthier.[1] He left Turin for Paris in 1720, at the service of Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano in the Hôtel de Soissons, transferring in 1747 in rue des Prouvaires with his daughter Marie-Anne. He was married to Ursula Gaffino and they had three children: Jeanne, Marie-Anne and Marie-Catherine. Marie-Anne (1722-1787) established an important music publishing business in Paris.[2] Castagneri's production, including violins, violas, cellos and viole da gamba is centered around 1740. One of his violins, dated 1735, was described in 1909 as being a flat model, with bold outline and varnish of good quality.[3]

Several of his instruments survive and are played, for example, by the Quatuor Castagnéri (established in 1994) and by Myrna Herzog.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Milliot, Sylvette (1997). Histoire de la lutherie parisienne du XVIIIe siècle à 1960. Amis de la musique. ISBN 2930130016.
  2. ↑ Milliot, Sylvette (1966). "Marie-Anne Castagneri. marchande de musique au XVIIIe siècle. (1722-1787)". Revue de Musicologie. 52 (2): 185–195. doi:10.2307/927569.
  3. ↑ Hart, George (1909). The Violin: Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators : with Numerous Wood Engravings from Photographs of the Works of Stradivari, Guarneri, Amati, and Others : and Additions and Emendations by the Author's Son and Towry Piper (Public domain ed.). Dulau. p. 107. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  4. ↑ Herzog, Myrna (1994). "Finding the true identity of the Castagneri viol: a detective story". Journal of the viola da gamba society of America. XXXI: 60.
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