Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri 'del Gesù', Cremona, 1732, the 'Mayseder'
Violin: 42355
Back: One-piece curly maple, with a fairly broad figure extending right across its width with a slight gradient from left to right
Varnish: Orange
Notes:
"As part of Juilliard's Instrumental Loan Program, the instrument was loned to Itzhak Perlman when he was a student. As noted in his foreward to this book, this was the violin played by Mr. Perlman when he won first place in the prestigious Levintritt Competition in 1964. The instrument was also used by noted violinist Gil Shaham while he was a student in Juilliard's Pre-College Division."A Living Legacy, Lisa Robinson, A Living Legacy: Historic Stringed Instruments at the Juilliard School, New Jersey
Provenance
| Sold by George Hart | |
| Captain John Audley Harvey | |
| until 1865 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1865 | Reverend Waldy |
| until 1871 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| from 1871 | Charles Fletcher |
| until 1873 | Joseph Mayseder |
| until 1902 | Robert Crawford |
| 1902-1903 | W. E. Hill & Sons |
| 1903-1907 | Maud Powell |
| in 1909 | Sold by Lyon & Healy |
| from 1913 | A. J. Jones |
| 1916-1917 | Lyon & Healy |
| 1917-1918 | Chaloner B. Schley |
| from 1918 and in 1921 | Lyon & Healy |
| ... | ... |
| from 1952 | Juilliard School of Music |
Known players
Gil Shaham, Itzhak Perlman, Joseph Mayseder, Maud Powell
Certificates & Documents
Letter: W. E. Hill & Sons, London (1903) Handwritten from Alfred Hill to Maude Powell relating the history of the violin.
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References
A Living Legacy: Historic Stringed Instruments at the Juilliard School, Lisa Robinson, Amadeus Press, New Jersey (illustrated)
Historic women performers: Maud Powell, Cozio Carteggio feature, Alessandra Barabaschi, February 6, 2018- Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins, Violas & Violoncellos (1912), Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)
- Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins (1909), Lyon & Healy, Chicago
- Lyon & Healy, Rare Old Violins, Violas & Violonceollos (1916), Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)
- Lyon & Healy, Rare Old Violins, Violas & Violoncellos (February, 1921), Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)
- Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins, Violas & Violoncellos (August, 1919), Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)
- Maud Powell feature
- Lyon & Healy Rare Old Violins (1909), Lyon & Healy, Chicago (illustrated)
- The Ex-Maud Powell Guadagnini