| Dr. Franjo (Franz) Kresnik (1869-1943): a physician and a violin maker. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 17347864 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Dr. Franjo (Franz) Kresnik (born Wien 1869 - died Rijeka 1943) was an excellent physician and a Central European intellectual, a bohemian mind whose two loves in life made him very special. His passions were medicine and violin making. Most of his life was spent in Susak (now a part of Rijeka, Croatia), where he worked, played music and studied the art of making stringed instruments. He visited Cremona on several occasions and studied a number of violins, drawings and tools made and used by old masters. For his profound knowledge of Cremonese violin making the Italians dubbed him "Uomo che legge violini" (The Man Who Can Read Violins). In his workshop he made fifty-two violins, two violas, two cellos and a string quartet. Some of these instruments are still played in Europe and America. The remaining violins and possessions (tools, manuscripts, drawings, literature and countless diplomas and certificates) have been kept in a memorial room at the Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral in Rijeka. In addition, a street near the Faculty of Medicine in Rijeka is named after Franjo Kresnik. |
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Authors:
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Ante Skrobonja; Amir Muzur |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article; Portraits |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Wiener klinische Wochenschrift Volume: 119 ISSN: 0043-5325 ISO Abbreviation: Wien. Klin. Wochenschr. Publication Date: 2007 |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-03-09 Completed Date: 2007-07-23 Revised Date: 2008-11-21 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 21620870R Medline TA: Wien Klin Wochenschr Country: Austria |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 132-5 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of the History of Medicine, Rijeka University School of Medicine, Rijeka, Croatia. anteskrobonja@yahoo.com |
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Austria History, 19th Century History, 20th Century Music / history* Physicians / history* |
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Personal Name Subject:
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Franjo Kresnik |
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