I think on the Italian group list ( see yahoo . liuto.it) there is a picture of his supposed house in Venice.
Donatella http://web.tiscali.it/awebd ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Van Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Christopher Challen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 8:13 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Magnus Tieffenbrucker > At 9:15 AM +0000 10/1/06, Christopher Challen wrote: >>Hello all aficionados of the lute, this is my first posting and so >>hope it reaches you ok. >> >>Could anybody tell me Magnus Tieffenbrucker's dates please, or any >>other details about him. I know he worked in Venice and I've seen >>instruments by him dating from the late 16th to early 17th >>centuries, but never any evidence of his birth and death dates. > > > Dear Chris, > > There are (at least) three Magno Tieffenbruckers who worked in > Venice, Not to be confused with Wendelin Tieffenbrucker (aka > VVendelio Venere) who worked in Padua: > > Magno I Tieffenbrucker [son of Ulrich (Rigo)] had a workshop at the > sign of the "Black Eagle" in the San Guiliano district. died 1560 > > His wife Margherita, a native of Venice, died 1576 and is buried in > San Salvador. Her will left 200 ducats and two fields valued at 100 > ducats to Magno, 300 ducats to Abramo, and 200 ducats to Moises. > [suggesting that Moises was the youngest?] > > 4 children: Magno II, Abramo, Maddalena and Moises. There were 4 > other children who died prematurely one in 1550 and two in 1551 > Abramo did not continue lutemaking. > > Magno II appears to set up a separate workshop under the sign of the > "Eagle". he dies sometime [Ongaro says 1576] before 1581 His widow, > Madalena, dies in 1621 aged 70 > > Moises continues his father's workshop under the sign of the "Black > Eagle" with his mother. After her death in 1576 he moves his workshop > sometime just before 1579 from San Giuliano district to Calle dei > Stagneri in San Salvador district still with the sign of "Aquila > Negra". > Married first Fiametta Carletti daughter of Marcantonio. They had a > daughter, Lucrezia Veneranda, who was baptised in 1575 .(Guilio > Abondante the famous lutenist whose two books of tablature were > published in 1546 & 1548 was a witness at the baptism in 1575) > Applied for patent on varnish in Feb 1579. Granted May 1579 > Fiametta died sometime before 1 April 1579. Moises remarries > Veneranda Bonaventura. > Died 1581 two inventories of his workshop made because of disputes > about the inheritance. > > Magno III is therefore a necessary supposition from the existing > instrument labels, including for instance the huge theorbo in the > Royal College of Music dated 1608. There is also a parish census from > the San Salvador district of 1594 which lists "Magno, the lutemaker" > and his wife Anna and some journeymen. And a Magno is listed among > the lutemakers in the Guild in 1629. > > Bletsacher also notes another Magno Tieffenbrucker working in > Perugia. The situation is confused because of the habit of these > German families of repeatedly using the same names for successive > generations! > > These details come variously from Bletsacher, Toffolo and Ongaro. > > Best wishes, > > David > -- > The Smokehouse, > 6 Whitwell Road, > Norwich, NR1 4HB > England. > > Telephone: + 44 (0)1603 629899 > Website: http://www.vanedwards.co.uk > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
