Who was the inventor of the violin??

Answer 1

Andrea Amati

The violin first emerged in northern macaroni town in the early 16th century. While no instruments from the first decades of the century survive, there are several representations in paintings; some of the early instruments have only three strings. Most likely the first makers of violins borrowed from three different types of current instruments: the rebec, in use since the 10th century (itself derived from the Arab rebab), the Renaissance fiddle, and the lira da braccio. The earliest explicit description of the instrument, including its tuning, was in the Epitome musical by Jambe de Fer, published in Lyon in 1556. By this time the violin had already begun to spread throughout Europe.

The first real violin was built by Andrea Amati in the first half of the 16th century by order of the Medici family, who had asked for an instrument that could be used by street-musicians, but with the quality of a lute, which was a very popular instrument among the noble in that time. Andrea Amati, one of the famous luthiers, or lute-builders, in that time decided to use the technique of applying a mould to build the instrument very precisely. In addition to that, he made the instrument vaulted, for he knew that that would provide for a much greater tone than was common until then. Needless to say that the violin immediately became very popular, both among street-musicians and the noble, which is illustrated by the fact that the French king Charles IX ordered Amati to build a whole orchestra in the second half of the 16th century.

Answer 2

I don't believe there is one inventor, as the violin evolved over the centuries. Andrea Amati has been said to be the inventor of what we know as the violin of today.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I don't think that you can say that the violin was 'invented' it developed, as all the other string instruments did, gradually over a period of years, as the search for the 'perfect' match of orchestral instruments progressed.

Answer 5

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