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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Family of Italian violin makers, including Andrea (1626?–1698), who founded the family business, and his grandson Giuseppe (1687?–1745). They are considered second only to the Stradivari family for the quality of their instruments.
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- noun founder of a family of Italian violin makers (1626?-1698)
- noun Italian violin maker and grandson of Andrea Guarneri (1687?-1745)
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Examples
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Although there were other noted violin makers in Stradivari's timesuch as Guarneri and Amati, whose works now fetch great sums of moneythe surviving Strads are more numerous, more famous and more expensive.
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Scroll -- Another Wandering Scroll -- A Montagnana Instrument shot through the body -- Fiddle Marks and the Credulous Dabblers -- "Guarneri" at a
The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart
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"What I learned in medical school has a place -- and that place is in acute care," said Dr. Erminia "Mimi" Guarneri, M.D., the 2011 recipient of the Bravewell Leadership Award.
Alison Rose Levy: Integrative Health Care: The New Military Strategy Alison Rose Levy 2011
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Then you realize, '1721, oh my God,' said Itzhak Perlman, the famed concert violinist who plays a Stradivari violin and one made by the roughly contemporaneous Guarneri family.
A $10 Million Fiddle? Stradivarius Takes Another Bow at Auction 2011
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"What I learned in medical school has a place -- and that place is in acute care," said Dr. Erminia "Mimi" Guarneri, M.D., the 2011 recipient of the Bravewell Leadership Award.
Alison Rose Levy: Integrative Health Care: The New Military Strategy Alison Rose Levy 2011
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The Stradivari fiddles have been used by acclaimed violinists, and the Guarneri is considered one of his best.
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Concert violinist Pinchas Zukerman, who performs on a Guarneri, played the Lady Blunt briefly before the 1971 Sotheby's sale and considers it a museum piece, not meant for Carnegie Hall without a major overhaul first.
A $10 Million Fiddle? Stradivarius Takes Another Bow at Auction 2011
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For the record, Mr. Perlman plays both—a 1734 Guarneri and a 1714 Stradivarius once owned by Yehudi Menuhin.
Enjoying Good Wines With a Violin Great Lettie Teague 2011
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My team came to win the race and we have Capecchi in good form, and a sprinter like Guarneri, who has chances to win the first stage.
Basso, at the Tour de San Luis, says he’s still undecided about the Giro 2011
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While masked, they considered six violins, including two by Antonio Stradivari and one by his revered contemporary, Giuseppe Guarneri.
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