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Hello everybody!
I´m quite interested on which instruments played spanish violinist Manuel Quiroga. This is all the información we have by the moment:
Quiroga's Violins
1. A Nicola Amati dated 1684, granted to him when he counted 14 years (1906) by the Mugártegui family of Pontevedra, who owned it as a present offered to the rich galician family in the 18th century by the Spanish Queen, Isabel II.
2. A Guadagnini, purchased by him.
3. A Stradivarius which he borrowed for a time from Joachin Reifenberg's widow.
4. A 1713 Stradivarius, lent to him by J. Jeannette Wallen, valued in 11.000 $ (1926). Quiroga has tehn to contract an insurance wirth 44.000 French Francs.
5. A 1737 Guarneri del Gesú, lent by John Wanamaker.
Can you please add any useful additional information?
Thanks!!
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Some more information about Quiroga´s violins:
"Quiroga returned to the US early in 1928. In the meantime he had
gone on a very successful South American tour of Argentina and Uruguay.
For this tour he used a Stradivarius instrument from 1713 belonging to J.
Jannete Wallen. During the months of February to May of 1928, Quiroga
gave several recitals at Wanamaker Auditorium in New York and in
Philadelphia, invited by Rodman Wanamaker. He played this series of
recitals on a 1737 Guarnerius del Gesu own by John Wanamaker, with his
wife at the piano."
This information is taken from:
http://etd.lsu.edu/docs/available/etd-1205101-103814/unrestricted/Luque_Fernandez_dis.pdf
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Thank you very much, Phil! There´s a De Gesú from 1737 in the book from the Hill´s (The Violin makers of the Guarneri Family) named Mr. Ralph H. Norton, ex Wanamaker, ex Marquise de Balatrê. Is this the same instruments you indicates as belonging too to Quiroga?
I am working with Milagros Bara Viñas, a descendant of Quiroga here inSpain, in order to discover what important violins played this great soloist. She is transcribing letters that Quiroga wrote where he talks about his violins. I have confidence that through Cozio.com be able to see these violins after identification.
Thanks again.
Luis
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Possibly the other Strad could be this one: http://www.cozio.com/instrument.aspx?id=1538
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Regarding the N.Amati, see the article about Manuel Quiroga "Soul of the habanera" by Tully Potter, TheStrad, July 1998, 738ff: "At twelve, having won a scholarship to the Royal Conservatory in Madrid, he was allotted a 1682 Amati..."
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A few more informations about Quiroga´s violins:
In a letter in 1911 he says Caressa is going to make (or provide) a violin to him as winner of first prize at Conservatorie in Paris.
Later, in 1916, Quiroga writes he is playing a Sanctus Serafin violin, but will adquire another violin soon.
Thanks to all contributors!
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