Stradivari

As a boy the orphan Antonio Stradivari heard for the first time in his life the sound of a violin and he was fascinated by its voice He tried to construct a violin and attracted the attention of Niccolò Amati a famous lutist of Cremona Antonio became apprentice in his bottega workshop Grown up he fell in love for Francesca and he succeeded in marrying her Afterwards he became more and more famous for his violins and he was granted a diploma from the king of Spain After the death of his wife he was almost forced to marry again He was chosen by Antonia Maria and it will be a happy marriage In the background we have a look at the history of Northern Italy during the seventeenth century