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Domenico Galli

Parma, worked 1684–1692

Cellist, wood-carver, and poet. Author of Trattenimento musicale sopra il violoncello a solo: an early treatise on cello playing. Violin and cello in the d’Este collection in Modena, festooned with deep and flamboyant carving, are the only known examples of his work as a luthier. — John Dilworth

Worked Parma

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Biographies

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John Dilworth+

GALLI, Domenico Worked circa. 1684-1692 Parma Italy. Cellist, wood-carver, and poet. Author of Trattenimento musicale sopra il violoncello a solo: an early treatise on cello playing. Violin and cello in the d’Este collection in Modena, festooned with deep and flamboyant carving, are the only known examples of his work as a luthier. Domenicus Galli Parmensis / fecit Parmae anno salutis 1687

Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

Ausgezeichneter Holzbildhauer, Violoncellist und Tondichter des 17. Jahrhunderts,
der eine Reihe von Streichmusik-Instrumenten gebaut hat, die er mit meisterhaften Schnitzereien verzierte.

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