a pupil of Gasparo da Salo; his model high, and sound-hole
inelegant; his varnish deep golden; his "Charles IX. Set" of
twenty-four Violins, six Tenors and eight Basses--Amati,
Niccolo--AMATI, the Brothers ANTONIO and GIROLAMO; probable date of
birth; comparison of the respective work, material, and tone of the
two brothers--AMATI, NICCOLO, son of Girolamo; date of birth and
death; the greatest of his illustrious family; gradual change in
style; the "Grand Amati," followed by his great pupil, Stradivari; its
exquisite proportions and character; singular beauty of his material,
and elegance of design; differences between Niccolo Amati and his
several copyists, Italian, German, and English--AMATI, GIROLAMO; date
of birth; his work ascribed to other makers; character of his
instruments and his varnish; the last of the Amatis--Ambrosi,
Pietro--Anselmo, Pietro--Antoniazzi, Gaetano--Antonio of
Bologna--Antonio, Ciciliano--Assalone, Gasparo . . . . . . . . . 77-94

Bagatella, Antonio--Bagatella, Pietro--BALESTRIERI, TOMMASO; probably
a pupil of Stradivari; his work rough, but vigorous, tone and varnish
good; his instruments rising in value--Bassiano, Lute-maker,
Rome--Bellosio, Anselmo--Bente, Matteo--BERGONZI, CARLO; pupil of
Antonio Stradivari; his work closely resembling that of his great
master, and of the highest class; increasing appreciation; comparison
of his instruments with those of Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri;
character of his varnish, &c.; Violoncellos and Double-Basses of this
maker--Bergonzi, Michel Angelo--BERGONZI, NICCOLO; character of his
work--Bergonzi, Zosimo--Bergonzi, Carlo--Bergonzi,
Benedetto--Bertassi, Ambrogio--Bertolotti (see Salo)--Bimbi,
B.--Borelli, Andrea--Brensio, Girolamo--Brescia, da,
Battista--Broschi, Carlo--Busseto, Giovanni . . . . . . . . . . 95-104

Calcagni, Bernardo--Calvarola, Bartolommeo--Camilli, Camillo--CAPPA,
GIOFFREDO; pupil of the Brothers Amati; character of his work, in
Violins and Violoncellos--Casini, Antonio--Castro--Catenar,
Enrico--Celioniati, Gian Francesco--Cerin, Marco Antonio--Ceruti,
Giovanni Battista; a prolific workman--Ceruti, Giuseppe--Ceruti,
Enrico, son of Giuseppe; his work much valued by Italian players;
exhibited in London and Milan Exhibitions--Cristofori,
Bartolommeo--Circapa, Tommaso--Cocco, Cristoforo--Contreras,
Joseph--Cordano, Jacopo Filippo--Costa, Pietro Antonio dalla; skilful
copier of Amati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10