Nicholas Alexandre Voboam II

Double guitar (5 double course) by Alexandre Voboam in Paris, 1690

(Nicholas) Alexandre Voboam (1634/46–1692/1704) was a French luthier from a renowned Parisian family of instrument makers. A total of 26 signed baroque guitars and two violas da gambas have been attributed to the Voboam family of which three guitars bear the signature of Alexandre Voboam and the date 1652.

He was the son of Luthier René Voboam and brother to Jean Voboam. Records note that Alexandre Voboam lived at rue des Arcis, Paris and that he married Anne Bourdet on 19 January 1671.[1][2] Alexandre's guitars were held in high esteem during his lifetime and a century later were still considered desirable instruments.[3]

References

  1. ^ The Guitar (From The Renaissance To The Present Day) by Harvey Turnbull (Third Impression 1978) - Publisher: Batsford (ISBN 0 7134 3251 9) - p20 (Chapter 1 - The Development Of The Instrument)
  2. ^ "Recent Research About The Voboam Family And Their Guitars by Florence Gétreau (Heritage Curator for 20 years at the Conservatoire de Paris and Director of Research at Institut de recherche sur le patrimoine musical en France)" (PDF).
  3. ^ The Guitar (From The Renaissance To The Present Day) by Harvey Turnbull (Third Impression 1978) - Publisher: Batsford (ISBN 0 7134 3251 9) - p20 "Alexandre's reputation lasted long after the seventeenth century. An advertisement in the Journal de Musique for September 1770 offered 'an excellent guitar made in Paris by the celebrated Voboam in 1675'.... "(Chapter 1 - The Development Of The Instrument)