Baron Johann Knoop
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Baron Johann Knoop was a collector of musical instruments who possessed a total of 29 great violins, violas, and cellos at one time or another including some four Stradivari violas. Several instruments are named after him:
Knoop's father, Johann Ludwig Knoop
(1821-1894), emigrated from Germany to Russia, founded a textile industry in Narva, Estonia, and was granted the Russian title of "Baron", which he passed to his sons.
- Baron Knoop StradivariusBaron Knoop StradivariusThe Baron Knoop Stradivarius of 1698 is an antique violin made by luthier Antonio Stradivari of Cremona ....
(1698) - Alard-Baron Knoop Stradivarius (1715)
- Baron Knoop; ex-Bevan StradivariusBaron Knoop; ex-Bevan StradivariusThe Baron Knoop, ex-Bevan Stradivarius is a violin made by the celebrated luthier Antonio Stradivari in Cremona, Italy in 1715.The instrument is named for Baron Johann Knoop , a collector of dozens of great violins, violas, and cellos at one time or another including four violas representing more...
(1715)
Knoop's father, Johann Ludwig Knoop
Ludwig Knoop
Johann Ludwig Knoop was a cotton merchant and entrepreneur from the city-state of Bremen, who became one of the richest entrepreneurs in his time...
(1821-1894), emigrated from Germany to Russia, founded a textile industry in Narva, Estonia, and was granted the Russian title of "Baron", which he passed to his sons.