Mirecourt

====String instruments====

====String instruments====

Mirecourt's tradition of [[luthier]]ie seems to date back to the end of the sixteenth century and the travels of the [[Charles III, Duke of Lorraine|Dukes of Lorraine]] and their retinues to Italy. The first violin makers date back to as early as 1602 with Mr. Clabec, Jean de Fourcelle and Barbelin, followed by Nicolas Gérard and Demange Aubertin in 1619 and 1623; during the Thirty Years' War (1631–1661), violins were no longer mentioned in city records, but by 1673 four families of violin makers were in Mirecourt.{{Cite web|title=Musée de la Lutherie et de l'archèterie françaises : un univers artisanal et musical exceptionnel ! Un musée à l'actualité foisonnante !|url=http://www.musee-lutherie-mirecourt.fr/index.php?rub=museum_information&idmenu=2&idpage=16|access-date=2021-03-25|website=www.musee-lutherie-mirecourt.fr}} It was particularly in Mirecourt that the business of [[Violin making and maintenance|making stringed instruments]] took off, with 43 luthiers in 1635, and the business continued to grow into the twentieth century, by when it was claimed that Mirecourt was producing more than 80,000 instruments annually. This was frequently a family business which can grow into a dynastic one: numbered among Mirecourt's Lutherie dynasties have been the Derazey, [[Charles Mennégand|Mennégand]], {{ill|Jean-François Aldric|fr|lt=Aldric}}, [[Nicolas Lupot|Lupot]], [[Langonet]], [[Charles François Gand|Gand]], Bernard, Jacquot, Nicolas, Mougenot, Charotte, Apparut, Hilaire, [[Charles Buthod|Buthod]], [[Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin|Collin]], [[Marc Laberte|Laberte]], Magnié, Peccate, [[Bazin Family|Bazin]], [[Émile Auguste Ouchard|Ouchard]], Chanot,{{cite web |title=On the Chanot family of violin makers, ambassadors of the French school in England |url=https://www.corilon.com/us/library/master-portraits/on-the-chanot-family-of-violin-makers-ambassadors-of-the-french-school-in-england |website=Corilon violins |access-date=31 January 2026}} and Vuillaume families including, most famously, [[Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume]] 1798 - 1875. Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume worked with famous violinist Niccolo Paganini.

Mirecourt's tradition of [[luthier]]ie seems to date back to the end of the sixteenth century and the travels of the [[Charles III, Duke of Lorraine|Dukes of Lorraine]] and their retinues to Italy. The first violin makers date back to as early as 1602 with Mr. Clabec, Jean de Fourcelle and Barbelin, followed by Nicolas Gérard and Demange Aubertin in 1619 and 1623; during the Thirty Years' War (1631–1661), violins were no longer mentioned in city records, but by 1673 four families of violin makers were in Mirecourt.{{Cite web|title=Musée de la Lutherie et de l'archèterie françaises : un univers artisanal et musical exceptionnel ! Un musée à l'actualité foisonnante !|url=http://www.musee-lutherie-mirecourt.fr/index.php?rub=museum_information&idmenu=2&idpage=16|access-date=2021-03-25|website=www.musee-lutherie-mirecourt.fr}} It was particularly in Mirecourt that the business of [[Violin making and maintenance|making stringed instruments]] took off, with 43 luthiers in 1635, and the business continued to grow into the twentieth century, by when it was claimed that Mirecourt was producing more than 80,000 instruments annually. This was frequently a family business which can grow into a dynastic one: numbered among Mirecourt's Lutherie dynasties have been the Derazey, [[Charles Mennégand|Mennégand]], {{ill|Jean-François Aldric|fr|lt=Aldric}}, [[Nicolas Lupot|Lupot]], [[Langonet]], [[Charles François Gand|Gand]], Bernard, Jacquot, Nicolas, Mougenot, Charotte, Apparut, Hilaire, [[Charles Buthod|Buthod]], [[Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin|Collin]], [[Marc Laberte|Laberte]], Magnié, Peccate, [[Bazin Family|Bazin]], Ouchard, Chanot,{{cite web |title=On the Chanot family of violin makers, ambassadors of the French school in England |url=https://www.corilon.com/us/library/master-portraits/on-the-chanot-family-of-violin-makers-ambassadors-of-the-french-school-in-england |website=Corilon violins |access-date=31 January 2026}} and Vuillaume families including, most famously, [[Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume]] 1798 - 1875. Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume worked with famous violinist Niccolo Paganini.

Luthier Didier Nicolas (1757–1833) is most likely the first violin maker to manufacture violins repeatedly in Mirecourt.{{Cite web|title=Mirecourt - the spacious home of French violin making|url=https://www.corilon.com/us/library/towns-and-regions/mirecourt-the-spacious-home-of-french-violin-making|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Corilon violins|language=en-US}} Born and raised in Mirecourt, he did his apprenticeship here and founded his shop ''A la Ville de Cremonne''.{{Cite web|title=Nicolas, Didier|url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-4002291286|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Grove Music Online|year=2016|language=en|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.L2291286|last1=Liivoja-Lorius|first1=Jaak|last2=Kass|first2=Philip J.}} He also founded a workshop, called D. Nicolas Aine, which became one of the most successful in Mirecourt.{{Cite web|title=Didier Nicolas, French master violin, approx. 1810|url=https://www.corilon.com/us/violins/didier-nicolas-french-master-violin-approx-1810|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Corilon violins|language=en-US}}

Luthier Didier Nicolas (1757–1833) is most likely the first violin maker to manufacture violins repeatedly in Mirecourt.{{Cite web|title=Mirecourt - the spacious home of French violin making|url=https://www.corilon.com/us/library/towns-and-regions/mirecourt-the-spacious-home-of-french-violin-making|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Corilon violins|language=en-US}} Born and raised in Mirecourt, he did his apprenticeship here and founded his shop ''A la Ville de Cremonne''.{{Cite web|title=Nicolas, Didier|url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-4002291286|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Grove Music Online|year=2016|language=en|doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.L2291286|last1=Liivoja-Lorius|first1=Jaak|last2=Kass|first2=Philip J.}} He also founded a workshop, called D. Nicolas Aine, which became one of the most successful in Mirecourt.{{Cite web|title=Didier Nicolas, French master violin, approx. 1810|url=https://www.corilon.com/us/violins/didier-nicolas-french-master-violin-approx-1810|access-date=2021-03-25|website=Corilon violins|language=en-US}}

*[[Jack Lang (French politician)|Jack Lang]] (born 1939), [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] politician

*[[Jack Lang (French politician)|Jack Lang]] (born 1939), [[Socialist Party (France)|Socialist Party]] politician

*[[Bernard Ouchard]] (1925–1979), bow maker

*[[Bernard Ouchard]] (1925–1979), bow maker

*[[Émile Auguste Ouchard]] (1900–1969), bow maker

*[[Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy]], French mass production musical instrument maker, had his factory there from 1860

*[[Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy]], French mass production musical instrument maker, had his factory there from 1860

*[[Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume]] (1798–1875), French violin maker

*[[Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume]] (1798–1875), French violin maker