Amédée Dominique Dieudonné (6 August 1890 – 1 February 1960) was a French

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. His instruments sold in Europe and the United States.

Biography

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department. Amédée Dominique Dieudonné was formed by Gustave Bazin and then at the Darche workshop in Brussels. After the First World War, he established himself as a luthier in Mirecourt in the 1920s. Specializing in the copies of the

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masters, he excelled in the rendering of varnishes, going from red to bright red. Amédée Dominique Dieudonné died on 1 February 1960, in Mirecourt. Among his numerous pupils were Charles René Bazin, Jacques then Alfred-Eugène Holder, Pierre Vogelweith, Rambert Würlizer, Victor Aubry, Philippe Coornaert, William Mönig, Jean Striebig, Étienne Vatelot.

Sources

* René Vannes : ''Essai d’un dictionnaire universel des luthiers'',''Essai d’un dictionnaire universel des luthiers''
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References

External links

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Cité de la Musique The Cité de la Musique (, "City of Music"), also known as Philharmonie 2, is a group of institutions dedicated to music and situated in the Parc de la Villette, 19th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was designed with the nearby Conservatoi ...

''Dictionnaire des facteurs d'instruments de musique en Wallonie''

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