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    Johann Michael (I) Sturtzer (Stirtzer)

    worked 1721–1729

    Museum of Wroclaw has a lute dated 1729. A quinton dated 1721 is in the Hamburg museum. — John Dilworth
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    Biographies

    The overview above is drawn from the following published accounts. Read them in the original:

    John Dilworth+

    STÜRTZER (STIRTZER), Johann Michael (I) Worked circa. 1721-1729 Wroclaw (Breslau) Poland. Museum of Wroclaw has a lute dated 1729. A quinton dated 1721 is in the Hamburg museum.

    Willibald Leo Lütgendorff+

    Baron sagt von ihm: »Die Breslauer Lauten sind auch nicht zu verachten, und hat daselbst Michael Stürtzer sowohl auf die Zierlichkeit als Wohl-Klang……. gesehen.« (Hist.-theor. u. pract. Untersuchung des Instr. der Lauten S. 97.)

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