Riccardo Antoniazzi

Riccardo Antoniazzi (b Cremona, 19 Dec 1853; d Milan, 10 Nov 1912), Italian violin maker, (brother of Romeo) the sixth child and pupil of Gaetano , was the ablest and most consistent violin maker of his family. Unfortunately he lived somewhat in the shadow of Leandro Bisiach and he did not sign many of the instruments from his best period. His instruments can be divided into three periods: from his apprenticeship and early development until about 1887–8, during which he made instruments similar to those of his father; his best period, which lasted until about 1904, during which he developed his own style and worked primarily for Leandro Bisiach; and the period from about 1904 when he worked for the firm Monzino and Sons, during which he made beautiful instruments although working with less care, especially with regard to the varnish. Today these are his best-known instruments. He had many students and followers.

Riccardo used a great variety of models, and his varnish was yellow-orange or at times dark red. He is known to have used four different labels, and he also used a brand during his time with Monzino, with his initials A.R. inside a double circle surmounted by a cross. This brand is often attributed to Romeo, but it seems that he never used it. [cite book | last=Blot | first=Eric | chapter=Emilia e Romagna I | title=Un secolo di liuteria italiana, 1860-1960 - A century of Italian violin making | location=Cremona | publisher=Turris | year=1994 | isbn=8879290266 ]

References

*cite news | url=http://www.maestronet.com/m_library/world_strings/fall83.pdf | title=Bisiach Family | publisher=William Moening & Sons Ltd. | author=Philip J. Kass| date=1983 | accessdate=2007-04-05
*cite news | url=http://www.maestronet.com/m%5Flibrary/world_strings/index.cfm | title=Selected World of Strings Newsletters | publisher=William Moening & Sons Ltd. | author=Philip J. Kass| date=1982 | accessdate=2007-04-05
*cite book | last=Blot | first=Eric | chapter=Emilia e Romagna I | title=Un secolo di liuteria italiana, 1860-1960 - A century of Italian violin making | location=Cremona | publisher=Turris | year=1994 | isbn=8879290266

External links

*La Liuteria Italiana / Italian Violin Making in the 1800s and 1900s - Umberto Azzolina
*I Maestri Del Novicento - Carlo Vettori
*La Liuteria Lombarda del '900 - Roberto Codazzi, Cinzia Manfredini 2002
*Dictionary of 20th Century Italian Violin Makers - Marlin Brinser 1978
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*Walter Hamma, "Meister Italienischer Geigenbaukunst", Wilhelmshaven 1993, ISBN 3-7959-0537-0
* [http://www.liuteria-parmense.com/eng/storia_900.htm Liuteria Parmense]