The Nippon Music Foundation (NMF) is an organisation under the supervision of the
Arts and Culture Promotion Division, Agency for Cultural Affairs, a special body of the
Japanese Ministry of Education
The , also known as MEXT or Monka-shō, is one of the eleven Ministries of Japan that composes part of the executive branch of the Government of Japan. Its goal is to improve the development of Japan in relation with the international community ...
. Established 3 March 1972, its stated purpose is to develop international networks of music and foster public interest in music.
Instruments
NMF has in its endowment one of the largest collections of
antique instruments
Instrument may refer to:
Science and technology
* Flight instruments, the devices used to measure the speed, altitude, and pertinent flight angles of various kinds of aircraft
* Laboratory equipment, the measuring tools used in a scientific lab ...
made by
luthier
A luthier ( ; AmE also ) is a craftsperson who builds or repairs string instruments that have a neck and a sound box. The word "luthier" is originally French and comes from the French word for lute. The term was originally used for makers o ...
Antonio Stradivari
Antonio Stradivari (, also , ; – 18 December 1737) was an Italian luthier and a craftsman of string instruments such as violins, cellos, guitars, violas and harps. The Latinized form of his surname, ''Stradivarius'', as well as the colloq ...
(1644-1737), with an additional two by
Giuseppe Guarneri (1698-1744).
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Guarneri ''del Gesù''
Violin
*1736 ''Muntz''
*1740 ''
Ysaÿe''
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Stradivarius
A Stradivarius is one of the violins, violas, cellos and other string instruments built by members of the Italian family Stradivari, particularly Antonio Stradivari (Latin: Antonius Stradivarius), during the 17th and 18th centuries. They are co ...
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Cello
*1696 ''Aylesford''
*1730 ''
Feuermann; De Munck; Gardiner''
*1736 ''
Paganini; Ladenburg''
Viola
*1731 ''
Paganini; Mendelssohn''
Violin
*1680 ''
Paganini; Desaint''
*1702 ''Lord Newlands''
*1706 ''Dragonetti''
*1708 ''Huggins''
*1709 ''Engleman''
*1710 ''Duc de Camposelice''
*1714 ''
Dolphin; Delfino''
*1715 ''Joachim-Aranyi''
*1716 ''
Otto Booth''
*1717 ''Sasserno''
*1722 ''
Jupiter; ex-Goding''
*1725 ''Wilhelmj''
*1727 ''
Paganini; Conte Cozio di Salabue''
*1736 ''
Muntz Muntz (or Müntz) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Muntz
* George Frederic Muntz (1794–1857), industrialist and MP from Birmingham, England
** Muntz metal, an alloy which he invented
** Philip Henry Muntz, his brother, ...
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See also
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List of Stradivarius instruments
This is a list of Stradivarius string instruments made by members of the house of Antonio Stradivari.
Stradivarius instruments
Violins
This list has 282 entries.
Early period: 1666–1699
Golden period: 1700–1725
Late period: 1726–17 ...
References
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External links
Nippon Music Foundation website
Arts in Japan
Music organizations based in Japan
Foundations based in Japan
Japanese music
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