Matteo Goffriller
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Matteo Goffriller (1659 - 1742) was an Italian luthier, particularly noted for the quality of his cellos.
Although it is known that Goffriller was born in Brixen, little else is known of him prior to his days in Venice before 1685. He is thought to have been active between 1689-1740, and is the founder of the "Venetian School" of luthiers, during the time when Venice was one of the most important centers of musical activity in the world.
In the past, Goffriller's celli had been erroneously attributed to the Guarneri family, Carlo Bergonzi, and even Antonio Stradivari, and was virtually unknown until the 1920s when his instruments began to be discovered. His cello of 1733 once owned by Pablo Casals was originally attributed to Bergonzi. His earliest identified is a viola de gamba dated to 1689.
Goffriller was married in 1686 to Maddalena Maria Caiser at the Madonna delle Grazie in Venice, and together had twelve children including five boys and seven girls in the span of 26 years. Francesco Goffriller, long thought to be his brother, may according to recent research, actually be his son.[citation needed] Goffriller died in Venice in 1742.
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[edit] Goffriller labels
The standard label for a Gofriller instrument, whether genuine or forged, uses the Latin inscription Mattheus Goffriller Fece in Venezia Anno [date]. This inscription displays the maker, the town (Venice), and "made in the year," followed by a date that is either printed or handwritten. In reality he labeled only a small percentage of his instruments compared to the ones he actually constructed. This was in order to evade paying his taxes in Venice.
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[edit] Legacy
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Pablo Casals had a Goffriller which was his main concert instrument for most of his professional life. It was acquired by Casals in 1913 and used until his death in 1973. Since 2000, the use of this instrument has been awarded to the winner of the quadrennial International Pablo Casals Cello Competition in Germany.[citation needed]
Other notable musicians:
[edit] Goffriller Instruments
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[edit] Violins
| Sobriquet | Year | Provenance | Notes |
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| Goffriller violin | 1695 | currently played by Andrej Power | |
| Sammons | 1696 | Kenneth Sillito [1] | |
| Goffriller violin | ca. 1700 | Stradivari Society | currently played by Michala Høj |
| ex-Sivori; ex-Lalo | 1700 | ||
| Goffriller violin | 1700 | played on by Claire Givens | |
| Goffriller violin | 1702 | played by Jaakko Kuusisto | |
| Goffriller violin | 1708 | played by Jennifer Pike | |
| Goffriller violin | ca. 1720 | Alan Parmenter | purchased in 2008 by an anonymous benefactor |
| Goffriller violin | 1722 | stolen from violinist Charmian Gadd in 1999 | |
| Goffriller Violin | 1730 | the Counts of Colloredo Castle, Friuli |
[edit] Violas
| Sobriquet | Year | Provenance | Notes |
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| Goffriller viola | ca. 1720 | ||
| ex-Walter Trampler | 1727 | measures 41 cm |
[edit] Cellos
| Sobriquet | Year | Provenance | Notes |
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| Goffriller cello | 1690 | previously Sabatier, Axelrod, The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra | labeled: Nicolas Amatus, previously played by Maria Kliegel [2] |
| Goffriller cello | ca. 1700 | Antonio Meneses | |
| ex-Leonard Rose; ex-Alfredo Piatti | 1693 | on loan to Leonard Elschenbroich | |
| Goffriller cello | 1693 | Mischa Schneider | features a carved Rosette on the top, under the fingerboard; currently played by Zuill Bailey |
| Goffriller cello | 1695 | played by Anner Bylsma | |
| Count Marcello | 1697 | Nicholas Anderson; Count Girolamo Marcello; Aldo Pais of Venice; Irving Klein [3] | |
| Rosette | 1698 | Leslie Parnas | features a carved rosette decoration |
| Goffriller cello | 1698 | played by Andres Diaz | |
| Goffriller cello | 1698 | exhibited at the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Gratz, Austria | |
| D'Archambeau | ca. 1700 | Ivan D'Archambeau; Jonathan Miller | |
| Goffriller cello | 1700 | played by Jorg Baumann of the Berlin Philharmonic | |
| Goffriller cello | 1701 | played by Gautier Capuçon | |
| Goffriller cello | 1703 | Karl Fruh; Raya Garbousova (1930-1951) | |
| The Star | 1705 | Janos Starker (1965)[4] | |
| ex-Warburg | 1706 | played by Daniel Gaisford | |
| Goffriller cello | 1707 | played by Eric Kim | |
| Goffriller cello | 1708 | Istituto della Pietà, Venice | |
| Goffriller cello | 1710 | played by Matt Haimovitz | |
| Goffriller cello | 1711 | played by Marc Coppey | |
| Goffriller cello | 1712 | Venice Research, has this uncut cello. | |
| Goffriller cello | 1715 | Samsung Foundation of Culture | |
| Goffriller cello | 1715 | Stradivari Society | played by Sant'Ambrogio |
| Goffriller cello | 1720 | Emanuel Feuermann | played by Joseph Schuster |
| Goffriller cello | 1720 | played by Moray Welsh | |
| Goffriller cello | 1722 | Yo-Yo Ma | |
| Goffriller cello | 1722 | played by Pierre Fournier | |
| ex-Cossmann | 1726 | played by Carl Fuchs, Jenska Slebos; once thought to be a Bergonzi. [5] | |
| Saphir; ex-Harvey Shapiro | 1727 | currently played by Daniel Müller-Schott | |
| Goffriller cello | 1728 | Samuel Mayes | currently played by Timothy Eddy |
| Guffy | 1730 | Johann Sebastian Paetsch | played by Gunther Paetsch (1970-1985) |
| ex-Pablo Casals | 1733 | played by Matt Haimovitz; currently played by Claudio Bohorquez. | |
| Goffriller cello | 1735 | Hermann Busch | currently played by Matthias Naegele [6] |
[edit] Double Basses
| Sobriquet | Year | Provenance | Notes |
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| La Salute | 1712 | the twin of the Benedetto Marcello; fabricated for the Santa Maria della Salute, Venice | |
| Benedetto Marcello | 1712 | the twin of the La Salute. exhibited in at the Venice Conservatory |
[edit] References
- ^ "Albert Edward Sammons" (August 1986). The Strad Magazine 97 (1156).
- ^ Cello by Matteo Goffriller, 1690c. Cozio.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ Nicholas Anderson (2005). The “Count Marcello” Gofriller. nicholas-anderson.com. Archived from the original on 2005-12-17. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
- ^ Katherine Millett. All Things Strings: Born to Teach, page 3. Strings Magazine. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ Cello by Matteo Goffriller, 1726 (ex-Cossmann). Cozio.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ The Moebius Ensemble: Who We Are. The Moebius Ensemble (19 May 2003). Retrieved on 2007-05-06.
