Karel Jalovec

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Karel Jalovec (17 June 1892 in Prague, Austro-Hungarian Empire) was a Czechoslovak musicologist who compiled three reference books on violins and violin makers and a two-volume encyclopedia on violin makers. [1]

Published works[edit]

  • Jalovec published compilations and a two-volume general encyclopedia
  1. Italian violin makers (1957)
    English edition: Italian violin makers OCLC 2428954
    German edition: Italienische Geigenbauer, translated by G. Wiener
  2. The violin makers of Bohemia: including craftsmen of Moravia and Slovakia (1959)
    Czech edition: Čeští houslaři OCLC 10316161
    English edition: The violin makers of Bohemia: including craftsmen of Moravia and Slovakia OCLC 1654419
    German edition: Böhmische Geigenbauer, translated by Ferdinand Kirschner OCLC 250854444
  3. German and Austrian violin-makers, English translation by George Theiner (1967) OCLC 504697
  4. Encyclopedia of violin makers (two volumes) (1965)
    German edition: Enzyklopädie des Geigenbaues, translated by Charlotte and Ferdinand Kirschner OCLC 15263479
    English edition: Encyclopedia of violin makers, translated by J.B. Kokzak OCLC 669171941

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Ältere und neuere Literatur zur Musikinstrumentenkunde, by John Henry van der Meer, Acta Musicologica, Vol. 51, Fasc. 1 (Jan. - Jun., 1979), pgs. 34–35, published by the de:International Musicological Society (accessed: 18/10/2013), OCLC 4892830290, ISSN 0001-6241