Bossi (organ builders)

The Bossi were a renowned firm of Italian organ builders originally from Mendrisio (Canton Ticino).

Bossi family tree

Antonio
16th century
Gabriele
17th century
Giuseppe Antonio
1680 - 1748
Angelo I
1717 - 1748
Giuseppe
1738 - 1803		Francesco
1742 - 1816
Carlo
1765 - 1836		Giovanni
1779 - 1821		Angelo II
1793 - 1861
Felice
1795 - 1873		Ottavia
1798 - ?		d. Giuseppe
1800 - 1862		Pellegrino
1802 - ?		Girolamo
1804 - 1877		Adeodato
1805 - 1891		Aurelio
1812 - 1847		Francesco II
1818 - 1861		Giovanni II
1821 - dopo 1863
Luigi Balicco
1833 - 1911		Gabriele
1839 - dopo 1872
Giacomo Vegezzi[1]
1825 - 1883		Annetta Vittino
1816 - 1886
Carlo I[2]
1858 - 1927		Francesco I[3]
1870 - 1943
Alessandra
1880 - 1956		Celestino Balbiani[4]
1880 - 1956		Carlo II
1900 - 1977
Natale II
1920		Cesare
1922		Alessandro
1926		Francesco II
1937 - 1984
Enrico
1964

Footnotes

  1. ^ Adopted Bossi. Since Giacomo the family name became Vegezzi-Bossi
  2. ^ Son of first marriage.
  3. ^ Son of second marriage.
  4. ^ For expressed testamentary will of Carlo I Vegezzi-Bossi, Celestino Balbiani assumed the surname Balbiani Vegezzi-Bossi.

Further reading

  • Simonetti, Silvana. Bossi (Bossi-Urbani) (in Italian). Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  • Moretti, Corrado. L' organo italiano [The italian organ] (in Italian). Casa Musicale Eco (Monza, Italy). ISBN 886053030X.
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