Ludwig Bausch
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Ludwig Christian August Bausch ( b. Dresden
Jan. 15, 1805 - d. Leipzig
May 26, 1871 ) - an illustrious German
Bogenmacher / Bow maker
. He became known as the "German Tourte".
Bausch started a dynasty of makers. He studied violin making in Dresden with J.B. Fritsche and eventually set up his own firm in Leipzig. He combined the best elements of French
and German styles, and achieved great fame.
He was very much influenced by the late F.X. Tourte
model, nevertheless his work is very distinct and personal.
His two sons, Ludwig jun. Bausch (Karl Friedrich Ludwig jun.) (1829-1871) and Otto Julius Bausch (1841-1874) produced bows until 1874.
"From the turn of the century (1900 AD) until now, thousands of cheap bows branded with the Bausch name were exported from Germany and sold throughout the world. Genuine Bausch bows, once plentiful, are now scarce and these vary from commercial grade bows to bows of exceptional beauty." - Kenway Lee 1994
"Along with Heinrich Knopf
, it is very possible that Ludwig Bausch supplied some bows to Nicolaus Kittel
(as there are substantial similarities in some of these bows by Kittel and Bausch)" - Gennady Filimonov
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
Jan. 15, 1805 - d. Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
May 26, 1871 ) - an illustrious German
Germany
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Bogenmacher / Bow maker
Archetier
A bow maker is a person who builds, repairs, and restores ancient or modern bows for instruments of the violin family. These include violins, violas, cellos, double basses, viola d'amore, viola da gamba, etc....
. He became known as the "German Tourte".
Bausch started a dynasty of makers. He studied violin making in Dresden with J.B. Fritsche and eventually set up his own firm in Leipzig. He combined the best elements of French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and German styles, and achieved great fame.
He was very much influenced by the late F.X. Tourte
François Tourte
François Xavier Tourte was a Frenchman who, though trained as a watchmaker, soon changed to making bows for playing classical string instruments such as the violin....
model, nevertheless his work is very distinct and personal.
His two sons, Ludwig jun. Bausch (Karl Friedrich Ludwig jun.) (1829-1871) and Otto Julius Bausch (1841-1874) produced bows until 1874.
"From the turn of the century (1900 AD) until now, thousands of cheap bows branded with the Bausch name were exported from Germany and sold throughout the world. Genuine Bausch bows, once plentiful, are now scarce and these vary from commercial grade bows to bows of exceptional beauty." - Kenway Lee 1994
"Along with Heinrich Knopf
Heinrich Knopf
Heinrich Carl Knopf was an illustrious German Bogenmacher / Bowmaker.He came from a dynasty of great makers. Studied bow making in Markneukirchen under Christian Knopf ....
, it is very possible that Ludwig Bausch supplied some bows to Nicolaus Kittel
Nicolaus Kittel
Nicolaus Kittel, fully Nikolai Ferdinandovich Kittel was a Russian bow maker who until recently thought to be of German origin, and was known as the "Russian Tourte"....
(as there are substantial similarities in some of these bows by Kittel and Bausch)" - Gennady Filimonov
Further reading
- Die Geigen und Lautenmacher - by Lutgendorff, Frankfurt 1922
- Encyclopedia of the Violin - Alberto Bachmann
- VSA 14 #2 1995 Nicolaus Kittel: The Russian Tourte by Kenway Lee 183
- Deutsche Bogenmacher-German Bow Makers Klaus Grunke 2000