Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800 NMM 3976.  Guitar, The Rawlins, by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700. Rawlins Fund, 1985. Checklist Index Citterns English Guitars Guitars Harps Lutes Mandolins Spitzharfe Makers: Aubry, Antoine Augustinus or Franciscus citarodeus D. G. Deleplanque, Gérard Edlinger, Thomas: 1724, 1728 Erard Frères Gibson, William Harton, Andrea Hintz, Frederick Karp, Johan Mantegazza, Antonio Naderman, Jean-Henri Presbler, Francesco Preston, James Prior, William Railich, Pieter Richards, John Sellas, Domenico Sellas, Matteo: guitar, archlute Stradivari, Antonio: guitar, choral mandolino Tieffenbrucker, Magnus Tielke, Joachim Vinaccia, Antonio Vinaccia family Voboam, Alexandre Return to Checklist Index Citterns NMM 3386. Cittern, attributed to Urbino, ca. 1550. Ex coll.:  Lord Waldorf Astor, Hever Castle. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. NMM 13500.  Cittern, possibly by Petrus Raitta, England, 1579. Ex coll.: Rothschild Collection, Vienna. Arne B. and Jeanne F. Larson Fund, 2007. Lit.:  Fine Musical Instruments, Monday 2 April 2007 (New York: Christie's), Lot 34, p. 11. Associated Press, "Stradivari Violin Goes for $2.7M," The New York Times (April 3, 2007). Jay Kirschemann, "Rare Ancestor of Guitar Finds its Way to S. D.," Sioux Falls Argus Leader (April 5, 2007), pp. 1A & 5A. Jennifer Muhmel, "Museum Gets Only Known English Cittern," The Volante (April 25, 2007), pp. A1 & A6. Andrew Hartig, "Cittern, 34cm mensur, possibly English, circa 1600," Renovata Cythara: The Renaissance Cittern Site, Andrew Hartig, ed. (10 January 2008) (http://www.cittern.theaterofmusic.com/old/1600.html). Arian Sheets, "Another 16th-century Treasure . . . A Unique Cittern From Shakespeare's England," National Music Museum Newsletter, Vol. 35, No. 1 (February 2008), p. 1. Return to Checklist Index English Guitars (in chronological order) NMM 2626. English guitar (cittern), England, ca. 1750. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979. NMM 1286. English guitar (cittern) by Frederick Hintz, London, 1761. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979. NMM 1292. English guitar (cittern) by James Preston, London, ca. 1765. Original case. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979. NMM 4742. English guitar (cittern), England, ca. 1770-1810. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1988. NMM 1515. English guitar (cittern) by William Prior, London, ca. 1777. Ringley Fund, 1976. NMM 3440. Guitare allemande (cittern) by Gérard Deleplanque, Lille, 1777. Ex coll.:  Lord Waldorf Astor, Hever Castle. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. NMM 2627. English guitar (cittern) by William Gibson, Dublin, 1782. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979. Return to Checklist Index Guitars (in chronological order) NMM 3385. Guitar attributed to Matteo Sellas, Venice, ca. 1640. Ex coll.:  Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. NMM 3438. Guitar, Venetian School, ca. 1650. Ex coll.:  William Lerner, New York. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. NMM 3346. Guitar by Domenico Sellas, Venice, ca. 1670. Arne B. & Jeanne F. Larson Fund, 1984. NMM 4143. Guitar by Alexandre Voboam, Paris, 1670. Rawlins Fund, 1987. NMM 3452. Chitarra battente, northern Italy, ca. 1680-1700. Board of Trustees, 1984. NMM 10076.  Guitar, Spain, ca. 1680-1720. Purchase funds gift of Margaret Ann Everist, Sioux City, Iowa, 2002. NMM 3976. Guitar, The Rawlins, by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700. Ex coll.:  Louis Krasner, Boston. Rawlins Fund, 1985. Lit.:  Rembert Wurlitzer, Inc., Loan Exhibition of Stringed Instruments and Bows:  Commemorating the Seventieth Birthday of Simone Fernando Sacconi, New York City, October 1966 (Stuttgart: Schuler Verlagsgesellschaft, 1966). Herbert Goodkind, The Violin Iconography of Antonio Stradivari (Larchmont, New York: Herbert Goodkind, 1972), p. 298. Simone Fernando Sacconi, The Secrets of Stradivari (Cremona:  Libreria Del Convegno, 1979), p. 230. Guitares: Chefs-d'oeuvre des collections de France (Paris: La Flûte de Pan, 1980), pp. 78-82. "Rare Strad Guitar a Highlight . . .  Important Acquisitions of 1985 Await New Galleries," Shrine to Music Museum, Inc. Newsletter 13, No. 2 (January 1986), pp. 1-2. "1985 Acquisitions at USD Music Museum," Newsletter of the American Musical Instrument Society 15, No. 1 (February 1986), p. 8 The Strad (April 1986), front cover. Bein & Fushi, Inc. 1987 Calendar, January/February. Charles Beare, Capolavori di Antonio Stradivari (Milan : A. Mondadori Editore, 1987), pp. 64-65. Margaret Downie Banks, "The Witten-Rawlins Collection and Other Early Italian Stringed Instruments at The Shrine to Music Museum," Journal of the Violin Society of America 8, No. 3 (1987), pp. 25-26. Von Holger Skor, "Das 'Genie' Stradivari - ein Mythos? Zum 250. Todestag des legendären Instrumentenbauers," Musikblatt 14, No. 119 (December 1987-January 1988), pp. 15-17. André P. Larson, The National Music Museum: A Pictorial Souvenir (Vermillion: National Music Museum, 1988), p. 50. Charles Beare, with the collaboration of Bruce Carlson, Antonio Stradivari: The Cremona Exhibition of 1987 (London: J. & A. Beare, 1993), 132-136. Gary Baese, "Reproducing the Finish of The 'Rawlins' Stradivari Guitar," American Lutherie 33 (Spring 1993), pp. 30-34. "Country Almanac: Legendary Sounds," Country America (June 1993), p. 16. Darcy Kuronen, Dangerous Curves: The Art of the Guitar (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2001), pp. 32 and 220. David Massey, "From Renaissance to Rock:  The Museum of Fine Arts celebrates The Art of the Guitar," Musical Merchandise Review (February 2001), p. 42. NMM 4646. Guitar by Antonio Mantegazza, Milan, ca. 1750-1789. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1989. NMM 5581. Guitar by Antoine Aubry, Mirecourt, France, 1779. Rawlins Fund, 1993. Lit.:  André P. Larson, "Guitar, Antoine Aubry, Mirecourt, France, 1779," South Dakota Musician 28, No. 3 (Spring 1994), cover and page 24. Darcy Kuronen, Dangerous Curves: The Art of the Guitar (Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 2001), pp. 33 and 220. André P. Larson, Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848, with essay by John Koster, exhibition catalog, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 12-November 2, 2003 (Vermillion: National Music Museum 2003), p. 66. Return to Checklist Index Harps (in chronological order) NMM 3387. Harp, northern Italy, ca. 1550. Ex coll.:  Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. NMM 10007. Harp by Jean-Henri Naderman, Paris, 1797. Purchase funds gift of Margaret Ann and Hubert H. Everist, Sioux City, Iowa, 2001. NMM 5886. Triple harp (telyn) attributed to John Richards, Llanrwst, Wales, ca. 1750. Given in memory of Raymond John Lewis by Fanchion Robb Lewis, Granville, Ohio, 1995. NMM 5776. Harp, Germany or Bohemia, ca. 1800. Arne B. Larson Estate, 1988. NMM 4011. Harp by Erard Frères, Paris, ca. 1800. Originally sold to General Charles Campbell. Gift of Robert E. McNair, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, 1986. Go to Annotated Checklist of Harps Return to Checklist Index Lutes (in chronological order) NMM 3384. Treble lute by D. G., Venice, ca. 1550. Ex coll.:  Lord Waldorf Astor, Cliveden. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. NMM 3381. Bass lute by Andrea Harton, Venice, ca. 1600. Ex coll.:  Lord Waldorf Astor, Hever Castle. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. NMM 3382. Archlute by Magnus Tieffenbrucker, Venice, ca. 1600. Ex coll.:  Lord Waldorf Astor, Hever Castle. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. NMM 10214. Lute, Padua or Venice, ca. 1600, modified by Thomas Edlinger, Prague, 1724. This lute, with its magnificent rose and a back of twenty-one yew ribs, was originally a bass lute, chitarrone, or theorbo, perhaps built by a follower of the Paduan lutemaker, Wendelin Tieffenbrucker, whose label it bears. The instrument was masterfully converted into a thirteen-course Baroque lute by Thomas Edlinger, the great German lutemaker who worked in Prague. The provenance of this lute and its companion, 10213, suggests that they were acquired by the Des Fours family directly from Edlinger and kept at Hrubý Rohozec Castle in Boehmia until after World War II. Lent to the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, where they were exhibited, 1954-1979. Original, fitted, leather-covered wood case with iron hardware and chased studs. Ex coll.:  Carl Des Fours Walderode, Hrubý Rohozec Castle, Bohemia (Czech Republic). Purchase funds gift of Margaret Ann Everist, Sioux City, Iowa, 2002. Lit.: Robert Lundberg, "Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century Lute-Making," Journal of the Lute Society of America 7 (1974), pp. 33 and 48. Robert Lundberg, Historical Lute Construction (Tacoma, Washington: Guild of American Luthiers, 2002), pp. 15, 19, 62-63, and 251 (no. 51 in list). André P. Larson, "From a Bohemian Castle . . . Unraveling the 400-Year Saga of Italian Lutes Built About 1600," National Music Museum Newsletter 29, No. 4 (November 2002), pp. 1-3. NMM 3383. Archlute by Pieter Railich for Matteo Sellas, Venice, 1630. Ex coll.:  Lord Waldorf Astor, Hever Castle. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. NMM 5580. Pamir robab (long-neck lute), Pamir region of Central Asia, ca. 1650. Board of Trustees, 1993. NMM 4003. Theorbo by Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, 1707. Rawlins Fund, 1986. NMM 10213. Lute by Thomas Edlinger, Prague, 1728. This lute bears two labels which indicate that it was made by Magno Tieffenbrucker, the prominent Venetian maker, and modified by Edlinger. It is now believed, however, that the instrument, with its back of eleven bird's-eye maple ribs, was actually made by Edlinger, who inserted the beautifully cut triple rose from an Italian Renaissance lute. Although he sought to increase the value of the instrument by inserting the label of the old master whose work he emulated, Edlinger, himself, was one of the great lute makers. He was the first to extend the range of the Baroque lute to thirteen courses, of which the lowest two are on a bass "rider." This instrument and its companion, 10214, are among the best preserved of this classic type, for which the last notable works for lute were written by Sylvius Leopold Weiss and other contemporaries of J. S. Bach. Original, fitted, leather-covered wood case with iron hardware and brass studs. Ex coll.:  Carl Des Fours Walderode, Hrubý Rohozec Castle, Bohemia (Czech Republic). Purchase funds gift of Margaret Ann Everist, Sioux City, Iowa, 2002. Lit.: Robert Lundberg, Historical Lute Construction (Tacoma, Washington: Guild of American Luthiers, 2002), pp. 15, 19, 62-63, and 251 (no. 51 in list). André P. Larson, "From a Bohemian Castle . . . Unraveling the 400-Year Saga of Italian Lutes Built About 1600," National Music Museum Newsletter 29, No. 4 (November 2002), pp. 1-3. NMM 1283. Chitarrone, Italy, ca. 1800-1900. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979. Return to Checklist Index Mandolins (in chronological order) NMM 6045. Choral mandolino, The Cutler-Challen, by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1680. Purchase funds gift of Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Cutler, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 1997. Lit.:  James Tyler and Paul Sparks, Early Mandolin: Mandolino and the Neapolitan Mandoline (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992), p. 168. Andrew Dipper, "The Geometric Construction of the Violin Forms of Antonio Stradivari," Journal of the Violin Society of America 10, No. 2 (1988), pp. 163-198. André P. Larson, "Choral Mandolino," South Dakota Musician 33, No. 1 (Fall 1998), cover and p. 19. André P. Larson, Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848, with essay by John Koster, exhibition catalog, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 12-November 2, 2003 (Vermillion: National Music Museum 2003), p. 68. NMM 3435. Mandolin attributed to Francesco Presbler, Milan, ca. 1680. Ex coll.:  Lord Astor, Hever Castle, England. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. Lit.:  André P. Larson, Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848, with essay by John Koster, exhibition catalog, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 12-November 2, 2003 (Vermillion: National Music Museum 2003), p. 69. NMM 2743. Mandolino genovese, France or Italy, ca. 1750. Board of Trustees, 1980. NMM 3439. Mandolino lombardo, Italy, ca. 1750. Ex coll.:  Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. NMM 1299. Mandolino senése, Siena, ca. 1750. Arne B. Larson Collection, 1979. NMM 10006. Mandolin by Antonio Vinaccia, Naples, 1772. Board of Trustees, 2001. Lit.:  André P. Larson, Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848, with essay by John Koster, exhibition catalog, Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 12-November 2, 2003 (Vermillion: National Music Museum 2003), title page and p. 70. NMM 3436. Mandolone attributed to the Vinaccia family, Naples, ca. 1775. Ex coll.:  Bisiach, Milan. Witten-Rawlins Collection, 1984. Return to Checklist Index Spitzharfe NMM 6177. Spitzharfe (arpanetta) by Johan Karp, Copenhagen, 1709. Purchase funds gift of Margaret Ann and Hubert H. Everist, Sioux City, Iowa., 1999. Return to Checklist Index National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 ©National Music Museum, 2001-2008 Most recent update:   May 7, 2008 You are the 39,113th visitor to this page since July 31, 2001. 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