A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers. 1.09
Italy, 1729, died at Madrid in 1780.* Performer, pupil of Tartini, and associate of Boccherini. After having visited the principal towns of Lombardy, staying some time in Turin, the two fiddlers arrived in Paris in 1771. Here Manfredi excited great enthusiasm by the admirable way in which he performed his friends music. Quitting Paris the twain bent their steps towards Spain, where the subject of this notice obtained an appointment as first fiddle in the orchestra of the young Prince Luis. This position he did not, however, live long to fill. Compositions: Six solos for violin, Op. 1 ; Six sonatas for the violin with bass.
Mangean,-, a French violinist ofmerit, was, in 1750, attached to the concert spirituel at Paris, where he died in 1756. He published several solos, duos, and trios for his instrument.
Manoir, Guillaume (Dumanoir), a celebrated fiddler in the service of Louis XIII., was nominated by the King, in 1630, after the death of the fiddler Con-stantine, "roi des violons, maitre des menetriers." He published " Le Marriage de la musique avec la danse," Paris, 1604.
Mara, Ignace, born at Deutschbrod, Bohemia, about 1721, died at Berlin in
* Writers differ as to the date and place of his death.
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Dictionary Fiddlers Madrid Performer Tartini Boccherini Lombardy Turin Paris Manfredi Paris Spain Prince Luis Six Six French Paris Guillaume Dumanoir Louis XIII King Con-stantine Le Marriage Paris Ignace Deutschbrod Bohemia Berlin After This Compositions
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