Gasparo Duiffopruggar
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Gasparo Duiffopruggar (First name alternatively spelled "Gaspard," last name alternatively spelled "Dieffopruchar," or "Duiffoprugcar," "Duiffoprugghar" or "Duiffoprogar") is the name given to instrument maker Kaspar Tieffenbrucker
. It is believed that Duiffopruggar was born in Bavaria
and had moved to Lyon
, where he did most of his work, by 1553. It is believed that he was one of the first to produce the violin in its basically modern form.
Actual Duiffopruggar instruments are rare and tend to be of the viol family. Most instruments bearing his labels are imagined "reproductions" of his instruments. The best examples come from the workshop of the Parisian violin-maker, Jean Baptiste Vuillaume. They were made for Vuillaume by Honore Derazey and sold to the public to supply the demand for older instruments. These instruments can be distinguished from the originals, however, by discrepancies in the labels of the violin, and more importantly, the workmanship and type of the instrument.
Because no violin has ever been actually discovered to have been made by Tieffenbrucker, the current belief is that "Duiffopruggar" never actually made any violins, but rather that his name was used to sell a brand of commercial instruments made for Vuillaume.
Tieffenbrucker
Tieffenbrucker is a large multigenerational family of luthiers, originally from Bavaria, active in Venice and Padua, Italy.-References:*Lundberg, Robert . "Historical Lute Construction"...
. It is believed that Duiffopruggar was born in Bavaria
Bavaria
Bavaria, formally the Free State of Bavaria is a state of Germany, located in the southeast of Germany. With an area of , it is the largest state by area, forming almost 20% of the total land area of Germany...
and had moved to Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....
, where he did most of his work, by 1553. It is believed that he was one of the first to produce the violin in its basically modern form.
Actual Duiffopruggar instruments are rare and tend to be of the viol family. Most instruments bearing his labels are imagined "reproductions" of his instruments. The best examples come from the workshop of the Parisian violin-maker, Jean Baptiste Vuillaume. They were made for Vuillaume by Honore Derazey and sold to the public to supply the demand for older instruments. These instruments can be distinguished from the originals, however, by discrepancies in the labels of the violin, and more importantly, the workmanship and type of the instrument.
Because no violin has ever been actually discovered to have been made by Tieffenbrucker, the current belief is that "Duiffopruggar" never actually made any violins, but rather that his name was used to sell a brand of commercial instruments made for Vuillaume.
External links
- Encyclopedia Smithsonian, Gaspard Duiffopruggar