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Exhibitions of the Orpheon Foundation
The Vazquez Collection of Historical String Instruments
Violins, Violas da gamba, Viola d'amore, Violoncellos, Double Basses
from 1500 to 1789
The Orpheon exhibitions: a photographic panorama

CASTELLO DI DUINO
Trieste,Italy, September 23 - November 15, 2005

Press conference in the Sala dei Cavalieri of the Castello di Duino
Giorgio Tombesi (Fondazione CRTrieste), S.A.S. Il Principe Carlo Alessandro di Torre e Tasso,
Giorgio Ret, (Major of Duino), José Vázquez

1. The Exhibition





Sala dei Cavalieri


The World of the Violin
Schools of Italy, Tyrol, Austria, Mittenwald




Violin of the Brescian School, 16th C.

Italian Violins by Nicolò Amati, Carlo Testore and the School of Goffriller	Quartet of Viennese Instruments from the Times of Mozart and Haydn

Violins by the Kloz Family (Mittenwald) and
Leopold Widhalm (Nürnberg)




Sala Veneziana
Painting from the School of Bonifazio Veronese
Violas da gamba of the 16th and 17th Centuries
from Venice and Brescia
Bass violas da gamba by Ventura Linarolo, Venice, 1585,
Gianpaolo Maggini, Brescia, ca. 1600
Treble viola da gamba from Veneto, 16th C.
Archiliuto after Paolo Railich





The Leopold I Hall
Violas da gamba of the Habsburg Empire
Michael Albanus, Bolzano, 1706 and Jakob Stainer, Asbam, 1671
Two treble viols from ca. 1730, made from the same tree!






Heads of the bass viola da gamba by William Turner, London ca. 1650
and of a viola da gamba player, Japan, ca. end of the 20th C.
View from the practice balcony of the Castello di Duino




Bass viola da gamba by Gianbattista Grancino, Milano, 1697




YE CHEST OF VIOLS
A viola da gamba consort of English instruments of the 17th Century
Two treble violas da gamba by William Turner, London, 1647 & 1656
Treble viola da gamba by Henry Jaye, London, ca. 1620
Bass violas da gamba by William Turner, London, ca. 1650 and Edward Lewis, London, 1687

Baroque windings




Proper preparation for palatial performance




Large violoncello by Anton Posch, Vienna, ca. 1700
Baryton (Viola di Pardone) after Simon Schodler (1782) built by
Ferdinand Wilhelm Jaura, Munich, 1934




Guided tour of the exhibition







Pleasant Pastime on Princely Premises

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