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Definition of Stradivari
1. Noun. Italian violin maker who developed the modern violin and created violins of unequaled tonal quality (1644?-1737).
Generic synonyms: Violin Maker
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stradivari
Literary usage of Stradivari
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians by George Grove (1908)
"After the union Stradivari aivi his wife settled in a house known as the Casi
del Pescatore, ... Until 1680 Stradivari continued to live at the Casa del ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"He was the son of Alessandro Stradivari and Anna Moroni. ... From 1698 to 1725
Stradivari produced his finest instruments, and carried his manufacture to ..."
3. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1884)
"Stradivarius: see Stradivari (Index). STRAFFORD, county, XV. 408. STRAFFORD,
Thomas Wentworth, earl of, English statesman, XV. 409; IV. 279, 2 b, ff. ..."
4. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"Of these, Stradivari was the best, and Nicholas Amati the next best. The following
are eminent, but not equal to the names given above :—Joseph Steiner ..."
5. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"\Vhen Amati died in 1684 he bequeathed all his tools, models, and large stock of
the choicest wood to Stradivari. It is no wonder, then, that after 1685 a ..."
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