Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A violin made by a member of the Guarneri family.
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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)
- noun a violin made by a member of the Guarneri family
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Examples
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The name of "Guarnerius" is probably known to every possessor of a
The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart
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I'm not attending the joint string quartet performances by the young Johannes Quartet and the retiring Guarnerius tomorrow night, because I have a rehearsal.
Archive 2008-11-01 Lisa Hirsch 2008
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I'm not attending the joint string quartet performances by the young Johannes Quartet and the retiring Guarnerius tomorrow night, because I have a rehearsal.
Sad News Lisa Hirsch 2008
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The Guarnerius will add in a performance of Dvorak's "American" quartet.
Sad News Lisa Hirsch 2008
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The Guarnerius will add in a performance of Dvorak's "American" quartet.
Archive 2008-11-01 Lisa Hirsch 2008
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Away from his Guarnerius violin, the great arts patriarch mentored masters like Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax and Itzhak Perlman, lobbied for the U.S.
What Lives They Led 2007
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James: but to be technically accurate, there was no Stradivarius, Barantschik plays a Guarnerius.
Rostropovich and Shostakovich, Round 2 sfmike 2006
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If you haven't picked up the Guarnerius yet, you don't know what you've lost and what you're just afraid that you've lost.
A Traitor to Memory George, Elizabeth 2001
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For years his works have been roaming about, bearing the magic labels of "Guarnerius filius Andreae," "Carlo Bergonzi," and sometimes of
The Violin Its Famous Makers and Their Imitators George Hart
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Guarnerius, on which Señor Sarasate played not long ago.
Florence and Northern Tuscany with Genoa With Sixteen Illustrations In Colour By William Parkinson And Sixteen Other Illustrations, Second Edition Edward Hutton 1922
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