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Italian Luthier Giuseppe Guarneri Born On This Day in 1698 [ON-THIS-DAY]

By The Violin Channel

August 21, 2017

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Italian luthier Giuseppe Guarneri was born on this day in 1698

Italian luthier Giuseppe Guarneri was born on this day in 1698.

Widely regarded as one of the finest string instrument makers of all time, his violins have been the instrument of choice for many of history's eminent virtuosi – including: Niccolò Paganini, Yehudi Menuhin, Jascha Heifetz, Bronisław Huberman, Fritz Kreisler, Henryk Szeryng, Itzhak Perlman, Gidon Kremer, Pinchas Zukerman, Midori, Kyung-wha Chung and Sarah Chang.

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