Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume

Jean -Baptiste Vuillaume ( October 7, 1798 in Mirecourt, † March 19, 1875 in Paris ) was an influential French violin maker of the 19th century.

Biography

Vuillaume was not only one of the best French violin makers of the 19th century, but also in his time a central figure in the violin. He followed the tradition of his family. His father and grandfather were already luthier, where he learned the art of violin making. In 1818 he went to Paris, where he was trained by the famous François Chanot. His models were the beauty and the ethics of the instruments from Cremona, whose ideals he sought to achieve. From 1821 he worked at Joseph Dominique Lete and three years later, they founded the company Lete et Vuillaume in the rue Croix -des- Petits -Champs.

In 1827 he received his first silver medal at the Paris World Exhibition. The following year, 1828, he started his own business in the rue des Petits -Champs 46 There he built violins, violas, cellos, double basses always modeled after the Cremonese masters. In addition, he made excellent bows, which have lost nothing of their quality today. Many of his employees were in arrears to the best bow makers whose work until now enjoy the highest esteem among soloists. This also included the German Hermann Richard Pfretzschner.

When traveling in the Swiss mountains he was looking for old cabinets, tables and even dance floors, which he often dismantled a terror to the seller immediately and allowed to charge only the useful woods for him. By the time the copies were so perfect that they were almost indistinguishable from the originals. Famous is his replica of Niccolò Paganini's legendary Guarnerius violin Cannone of 1838, later Paganini's pupil Camillo Sivori acquired from his teacher ..

In the next twenty years his workshop grew into one of the leading in Europe. In 1855 he bought from the heirs of the traveling Italian dealer, Tarisio 144 Italian violins, including 24 Stradivari and including the famous Messiah. These violins he dismantled partly as objects of study. In the years 1839, 1844 and 1855, he received gold medals at the world exhibitions in 1851 and member of the French Legion of Honour. During this time, the German acoustician Rudolph Koenig came to Vuillaume's workshop to complete an apprenticeship.

When his golden period is called the 1860s, during which time he created more than 3,000 numbered instruments. Appearance characteristic of his instruments was the reddish- brown finish, which was brighter in 1860. His contacts with Hector Berlioz, the violinist Niccolò Paganini, Henri Vieuxtemps, Jean- Delphin Alard, Pablo de Sarasate, the Belgian cellist Adrien- François Servais and the Norwegian violinist Ole Bull exerted on him from a great influence. The findings of the acoustics research physicist Félix Savart and the doctor were partially included in Vuillaume's work. As a result of these contacts also new instruments such as the deep -sounding counterpoint Viola and octobass, a huge bass emerged. Vuillaume also developed a number of tools and methods that are useful in violin today.

Other violin makers in the family

  • Claude Vuillaume - The oldest violin -build family member
  • Charles François Vuillaume (1755-1779)
  • Claude François Vuillaume I ( * 1730)
  • Jean Vuillaume - grandfather of Jean Baptiste Vuillaume, learned at Stradivari
  • Claude François Vuillaume II (1772-1834) - father of Jean Baptiste Vuillaume
  • Nicolas Vuillaume (1800-1871) - second son of Claude François Vuillaume II, built instruments of very good quality
  • Nicolas François Vuillaume († 1876) - the third son of Claude François Vuillaume II, was after his brother JBV the most successful violin maker in the family
  • Joseph François Vuillaume (1804-1856) - worked in Mirecourt and later in Paris and Lyon
  • Sébastien Vuillaume (1835-1875) - nephew of Jean Baptiste Vuillaume

Musician

Some violinists who play on Vuillaume instruments or played:

  • Niccolò Paganini (1782-1840), Vuillaume was Paganini's violin maker and made a perfect copy of Paganini's violin to.
  • Camillo Sivori (1815-1894), Paganini gave his only student Vuillaume copy of his own violin.
  • Charles Auguste de Bériot - only played with Vuillaume bows
  • Henri Vieuxtemps (1820-1881)
  • Joseph Joachim (1831-1907)
  • Eugène Ysaye (1858-1931)
  • Josef Suk (1874-1935)
  • Jacques Thibaud (1880-1953)
  • Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
  • Isaac Stern (1920-2001)
  • Josef Hassid (1926-1950)
  • Ruggiero Ricci (1918-2012)
  • Charlie Haden ( born 1937, jazz bass player )
  • John Patitucci ( born 1959, jazz bass player )
  • André Rieu ( b. 1949 )
  • Christian Altenburger ( b. 1968 )
  • Sebastian Hamann ( b. 1968 )
  • Ingolf Turban ( b. 1964 )
  • Michael Jelden ( b. 1971 )
  • Natalia Demina ( b. 1977 )
  • Hilary Hahn ( born 1979 )
  • Myvanwy Ella Penny ( born 1984 )
  • Vilde (* 1986)
  • Julia Meynert (* 1986)
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