![]() ![]() His father and uncle were violinists and composers and his cousin, Bernardino, was a violinist at the Este court in Ferrara and at the Gonzaga court in Mantua.īertolotti received a good musical education and was referred to as ‘a talented violone player’ in a 1604 document about the music at the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Bergamo.īertolotti moved to Brescia on the death of his father and set up shop in an area where there were other instrument makers. He developed the art of string making to a high level and his surviving instruments are still admired and revered.ĭa Salò was born Gasparo Bertolotti in Salò, a resort on Lake Garda in 1542. One of Italy’s earliest violin makers, Gasparo da Salò, died on this day in 1609 in Brescia. ![]() Founder of the Brescian school of stringed instrument craftsmen ![]()
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