Battista--Santo,
Giovanni--Sanzo--Sardi--Sellas, Matteo--SERAFINO, SANTO; exquisite
finish of his work; variation of model; high character of varnish and
work; his method of cutting; copied Amati and Stainer--Sneider,
Josefo--Socchi, Vincenzo--Sorsana--Stregner, Magno--Storioni; follower
of Guarneri del Gesu; his freak as to placing the sound-holes;
creditable character of his work in several respects--STRADIVARI,
ANTONIO; his renown beyond that of all others; researches as to
records of his life; evidence as to date of birth, marriage, and
death; Genealogical Table of his family; the inventory of his work
remaining at his death; similarity of his early work to that of his
master, Niccolo Amati; evidences as to later changes of style; his
inheritance of his aged master's tools and models; his purchase of his
house in Cremona; contemporary appreciation of his merits; his set of
Violins, Altos, and Violoncellos for King James of England; valuable
evidence of Desiderio Arisi, and of Vincenzo Lancetti; Count Cozio's
purchase of Stradivari's models, tools, and drawings, and their
present possession by the Marquis Dalla Valle; instruments made for
the Duke of Natalona, the Duke of Savoy, and the Duke of Modena; the
"Long Strad"; instruments for the Spanish Court; letter from the
Marquis Ariberti; a "Chest of Viols;" a "Concerto;" Stradivari's
"golden period," 1700; description of his instruments of this date;
the "Betts Strad;" guiding principles as to differences of
construction and quality of material; the "Dolphin Strad," its
exquisite beauty; tranquil character of Stradivari's life; war in
Cremona; Prince Eugene and Villeroy; visit of Philip V. of Spain to
Italy, and entry into Cremona; set of instruments for Charles III. of
Spain, and for Archduke Charles of Austria; letter from Lorenzo
Giustiniani; set of Violins for Augustus, King of Poland; Veracini,
the Solo-Violinist, and Stradivari; last epoch of the great maker;
quality of his instruments at this period; comparison with those of
contemporaries; place of his burial, in the Chapel of the Rosary, with
diagram; Polledro's description of the personality of Stradivari;
singular apathy of the Cremonese as to their great deceased
citizen--STRADIVARI, FRANCESCO and OMOBONO, sons and successors of
Antonio; character of their work; correspondence between his son and
grandson, Paolo and Antonio, and the agents of Count Cozio di Salabue,
relative to the purchase of the models,