Bartolomeo Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù (August 21, 1698 - October 17, 1744), more commonly known as Joseph Guarneri, is the only violin maker to rival Antonio Stradivari in the respect accorded to his instruments. August 21 is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January 4 - Palace of Whitehall in London is destroyed by fire. ... October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. ... // Events The third French and Indian War, known as King Georges War, breaks out at Port Royal, Nova Scotia The First Saudi State founded by Mohammed Ibn Saud Prague occupied by Prussian armies Ongoing events War of the Austrian Succession (1740-1748) Births January 10 - Thomas Mifflin, fifth President... The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart, the lowest being the G just below middle C. It is the smallest and highest-tuned member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello. ... Antonio Stradivari (1644 – December 18, 1737, Cremona) was an Italian luthier (maker of violins and other stringed instruments), the most prominent member of that profession. ...

The most illustrious member of the Guarneri family of violin makers, he was the son of Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri, and therefore the grandson of Andrea Guarneri, both noted violin makers. Andrea in turn had learned his trade as an apprentice of Nicolo Amati, of whom Stradavari was also an apprentice. 1740 Guarneri del Gesu, the ex. ... Amati is the name of a family of Italian violin-makers, who flourished at Cremona from about 1550 to 1740. ...

His instruments are sometimes referred to simply as Josephs, especially in older works.

See also

• Cannone Guarnerius.