Niccolò Paganini’s violin: the making of 1743 Guarneri def Gesu’s “Il Cannone”

• Main Authors: Wang, Yen-Ting, 王彥庭
• Other Authors: Chen, Kuo-Hua
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/4363dy

碩士 === 國立臺南藝術大學 === 民族音樂學研究所 === 107 === In the history of violin making, there are three families possess the fames: Amati, Stradivari and Guarneri. Although their violins are different in every detail, they show the quality and aesthetics in both sounds and appearances. By referring the archives and photographs, we are going to recreate a famous violin named “Il Cannone”, which made by Guarneri del Gesu in 1743 and owned by a well-known violinist Niccolò Paganini(1782-1840). We focus on the imitation of plate thickness, the worn-off, patches and varnish instead of its sound quality. In the end, we made a copy of Il Connone, a well-function instrument. Although it is incomparable to the real one, its sound quality is still astonished and breath-taking. It shows the profound design of Guarneri del Gesu, the one of the greatest violin maker of Cremona.