Parma School
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. Domenicus Galli Par\u{2026} — John Dilworth
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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