Mirecourt (French: [miʁkuʁ] ) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France. Mirecourt is known for lace-making and the manufacture...
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of Mirecourt, also known as Monachus Albus ('the White Monk'), was a Cistercian scholastic philosopher of the fourteenth century, from Mirecourt, Lorraine...
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Épinal–Mirecourt Airport or Aéroport d'Épinal–Mirecourt (IATA: EPL, ICAO: LFSG) is an airport located in Juvaincourt, 31 km (19 mi) northwest of Épinal...
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November 1812 – 13 February 1880), who wrote under the pen name Eugène de Mirecourt, was a French writer and journalist. The main critic of Alexandre Dumas...
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The Canton of Mirecourt is a French administrative grouping of communes in the Vosges département of eastern France and in the region of Grand Est. At...
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The Association of Mirecourt Country communes (French: Communauté de communes du Pays de Mirecourt) is a former administrative association of communes...
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makers can bear a strong similarity. Many craftsmen worked in and around Mirecourt in the Lorraine region of France. The sound of the serinette is similar...
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Bazin family (category Luthiers from Mirecourt)
The Bazin family is a highly esteemed family of bowmakers operating in Mirecourt, France from around 1840 throughout most of the 1900s. The bowmaking dynasty...
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Louis Morizot (category Luthiers from Mirecourt)
of great reputation. Louis was born in Darney (Vosges), and worked in Mirecourt, France where he started a family dynasty. Louis Morizot began his apprenticeship...
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Dominique Peccatte (category Luthiers from Mirecourt)
French luthier and above all a renowned bow maker. He was apprenticed in Mirecourt and later worked with Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume. He is notable for adapting...
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Assembly requested the departmental assembly of Vosges to choose between Mirecourt and Épinal as the capital of the department. The departmental assembly...
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making wind instruments around 1730 at La Couture-Boussey, then moved to Mirecourt around 1760 and started making violins, guitars, mandolins, and musical...
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Schwarzrheindorf/Vilich-Rheindorf, Vilich and Vilich-Müldorf. Beuel is twinned with: Mirecourt, France (1969) "Bevölkerung in der Bundesstadt Bonn Stichtag 31.12.2020"...
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in the film, and dances a number of times. Frustrated writer Max de Mirecourt (Albert Prejean) goes to Tunisia in search of inspiration for his next...
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Max Millant. He studied violin-making at Amédée Dieudonné's workshop in Mirecourt. He also studied bow-making with Louis Morizot alongside the Morizot Frères...
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François-Jude Gaulard (category Luthiers from Mirecourt)
archetier and bowmaker. F.J. Gaulard was born in Mirecourt (Vosges) in 1787. Son of Louis Gaulard, a Mirecourt luthier and archetier / bow maker. His early...
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Stradivari, and the Ladenburg 1736 Stradivari cellos; and the Grobert of Mirecourt 1820 (guitar). Of his guitars, there is little evidence remaining of his...
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Charles Jean Baptiste Collin-Mezin (category Luthiers from Mirecourt)
Dictionary of Violin Makers gives him a long and glowing report. Born in Mirecourt, Collin-Mezin apprenticed with his father. Some sources say he worked...
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François Peccatte (category Luthiers from Mirecourt)
François Peccatte (10 March 1821 in Mirecourt – 30 October 1855 in Paris) was a very talented archetier. He is said to have been destined for greatness...
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Émile François Ouchard (category Luthiers from Mirecourt)
February 1951) was a bow maker (archetier) for stringed instruments from Mirecourt, Vosges, France. Ouchard was also known as "Ouchard Père". Émile François...
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The Langonet Dynasty were a family of violin makers originating in Mirecourt, France, from around 1737 until the late 1900s. The family can possibly be...
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Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (category Luthiers from Mirecourt)
father who taught him the basics of violin making. Vuillaume was born in Mirecourt, where his father and grandfather were luthiers. Vuillaume moved to Paris...
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François Perrin (category People from Mirecourt)
February 1830) was a French violin maker who worked in Mirecourt. His work is characteristic of the Mirecourt school patterns of the time. Few of his violins...
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The Communauté de communes de Mirecourt Dompaire is an administrative association of rural communes in the Vosges department of eastern France. It was...
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Jean Joseph Martin (category Luthiers from Mirecourt)
Mirecourt (Vosges) 1837 – d. Paris 1910) was a French Archetier / Bowmaker. Served his apprenticeship with Nicolas Remy Maire. In 1858 left Mirecourt...
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et portative des contemporains, v. 2. (Paris, 1834), 1469; Eugène de Mirecourt, Les contemporains: Alexandre Dumas (Paris: Gustave Havard, 1856), 10;...
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first of these instruments was made by the luthier Jean-Jacques Pagès of Mirecourt, France, in 2010. Two other octobasses are known to exist with private...
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city district of Hardtberg foster partnerships with towns in France: Mirecourt and Villemomble. Moreover, the city of Bonn has developed a concept of...
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coming from cottage industries in places such as Saxony, Bohemia, and Mirecourt. Many of these trade instruments were formerly sold by Sears, Roebuck...
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Louis Antoine (category People from Mirecourt)
eyesight in the first World War, at the age of 29. Louis Antoine was born in Mirecourt. He studied at the lycee in Nancy. His father was a director of a manufacturer...
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