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Giovanni Battista Guadagnini

1711 - 1786

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Giovanni Battista Guadagnini (often shortened to G. B. Guadagnini; 23 June 1711 – 18 September 1786) was an Italian luthier, regarded as one of the finest craftsmen of string instruments in history. He is widely considered the third greatest maker after Antonio Stradivari and Giuseppe Guarneri "del Gesù". The Guadagnini family was known for their violins, guitars and mandolins. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni Battista Guadagnini is the 754th most popular musician (down from 721st in 2019). (down from 2,278th in 2019)

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Among musicians, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini ranks 754 out of 3,175Before him are Lang Lang, Max Cavalera, McCoy Tyner, Chrissie Hynde, Jack Sherman, and Ahmad Jamal. After him are Tom Araya, Danko Jones, Link Wray, Deadmau5, Kenny Clarke, and Adrien-François Servais.

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Among people born in 1711, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini ranks 17Before him are Frederick August I, Duke of Oldenburg, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Georg Wilhelm Richmann, William Boyce, Jean-Joseph de Mondonville, and Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Bayreuth. After him are Princess Amelia of Great Britain, Thomas Wright, Ignaz Holzbauer, Carl Gustaf Pilo, Stepan Krasheninnikov, and Shah Jahan III. Among people deceased in 1786, Giovanni Battista Guadagnini ranks 16Before him are Gaspar de Portolá, Tokugawa Ieharu, Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar, Antonio Sacchini, John Stanley, and Hans Joachim von Zieten. After him are Pierre Poivre, John Byron, Princess Amelia of Great Britain, Thomas Wright, Nathanael Greene, and Bernardo de Gálvez.

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