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The Rise of Cremona – Virgil and the Violin

Add to my Calendar 01-03-2025 12:00 01-03-2025 14:00 36 The Rise of Cremona – Virgil and the Violin Benjamin Hebbert, one of the world’s leading violin experts, explores the rise of Cremona as the centre for instrument-making through the work of Andrea Amati during the latter half of the 16th century. The lecture will focus on Amati’s earliest violin (1564) now held at the Ashmolean as well as a presentation (with live performance) of the earliest Amati violin in private ownership (1572), both made for Catherine de Medici’s musicians. Keble College Chapel, Oxford DD/MM/YYYY

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Keble College Chapel
16 Parks Rd
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 3QD
England

Programme

Lecture-Recital – Rise of Cremona as centre of instrument making

Performers

Benjamin Hebbert – Lecturer / violin

Programme Note

Benjamin Hebbert, one of the world’s leading violin experts, explores the rise of Cremona as the centre for instrument-making through the work of Andrea Amati during the latter half of the 16th century. The lecture will focus on Amati’s earliest violin (1564) now held at the Ashmolean as well as a presentation (with live performance) of the earliest Amati violin in private ownership (1572), both made for Catherine de Medici’s musicians.

The Rise of Cremona – Virgil and the Violin

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