恩斯特·海因里希·羅斯 (Ernst Heinrich Roth) ，德國提琴制作界最知名的制琴師之一。100 多年來，Roth家族的制琴史其實(shí)就是德國近代制琴史的縮影。（他的提琴也如那些19-20世紀(jì)意大利著名的制琴師一樣，在當(dāng)時(shí)就被很多東歐的制琴師及工作室仿制，造成了市面上真假琴共存的局面。）
恩斯特·海因里?！ち_斯 (Ernst Heinrich Roth) 的兒子恩斯特·海因里希·羅斯二世 (Ernst Heinrich Roth II) 于 1921 年移居美國，并與他的公司 Scherl & Roth 一起成為北美領(lǐng)先的提琴供應(yīng)商之一。 他的兄弟留在德國，學(xué)習(xí)小提琴制作藝術(shù)，并在其父親 1948 年去世后接管了家族企業(yè)。1953 年，他們離開了東德，在西德的法蘭克尼亞小鎮(zhèn)布本羅伊特重建“Ernst Heinrich Roth”公司。 他們很快就恢復(fù)到二戰(zhàn)前的成功。 如今“Ernst Heinrich Roth”公司由 Ernst Heinrich III Roth 和他的兒子Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm Roth 管理，他們繼承祖上的工藝，不斷的制作高品質(zhì)的提琴，同時(shí)也為Ernst Heinrich Roth的提琴進(jìn)行鑒定，他們作為傳統(tǒng)的手工藝者，制琴大師，多次被德國的媒體報(bào)道，也登上過The stard雜志的封面，并多次為德國電視臺(tái)拍攝有關(guān)德國制琴師及德國制琴史的紀(jì)錄片。
Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm Roth在 1992 年和 2009 年的工作中獲得了”德國樂器獎(jiǎng)”（ German musical instrument prize）。Ernst Heinrich Wilhelm Roth的提琴的超高品質(zhì)被歐洲，美國及日本的音樂家所喜愛，泛泛琴韻有幸于2017年同Roth家族達(dá)成合作伙伴關(guān)系，不斷為中國的音樂家提供Roth的提琴。（小提、中提、大提、低音提琴）

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Ernst Heinrich Roth - a rediscovered master

Ernst Heinrich Roth?has ranked among the best internationally known names in German violin making for over 100 years. The roots of the?Bubenreuth-based workshop Ernst Heinrich Roth lead back to the Vogtland violin-making town of?Markneukirchen?– and to a master of the art whose major successes paradoxically led Ernst Heinrich Roth to be profoundly underestimated.

The apprenticeship and journeyman years of the young Ernst Heinrich Roth

Ernst Heinrich Roth, born in 1877, had the ideal prerequisites for attaining musical greatness. As talented musician who played several instruments and had perfect pitch, Ernst Heinrich Roth began his career by completing his training in the atelier founded by his father, Gustav Robert Roth, in 1873. Ernst Heinrich Roth then studied under?violin makers?in Austria, Hungary, Russia and France and later returned to his home country with extensive knowledge of the art. His skill and musical training helped Ernst Heinrich Roth become one of the finest craftsmen of the 20th century – and one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the field.

Ernst Heinrich Roth – Characteristics of his violin making oeuvre

Ernst Heinrich Roth violins were mostly patterned after works by?Stradivari?or Guarneri; his copies demonstrated aesthetic perfection and produced ideal sounds. The violin tops were made of fine-grained Italian spruce, and the backs were of deeply flamed maple, often as a single piece. The Ernst Heinrich Roth violins of the 1920s and early 1930s shared these defining characteristics of?violin material quality. Ernst Heinrich Roth violins also shared an oil-based varnish, usually of reddish-brown colour on a golden background, and featured masterful craftsmanship applied with meticulous care. Despite the quality of his work, the exceptional value of?Ernst Heinrich Roth's master violins?was long overshadowed by the?major sales successes of his workshop, which Ernst Heinrich Roth jointly founded with his cousin Gustav August Ficker in 1902.

Family traditions in the footsteps of Ernst Heinrich Roth

They quickly gained a foothold on the international market thanks to the broad range of quality and prices they offered. Ernst Heinrich Roth's son Ernst Heinrich Roth II emigrated to the US in 1921 and became one of the leading instrument dealers in North America with his company,?Scherl & Roth. His brother Gustav Albert Roth stayed in Germany, learned the art of violin making and took over the family business after their father died in 1948. The family fortune was expropriated in 1953, at which point they left Saxony in East Germany, the GDR, and re-established the business of “Ernst Heinrich Roth” in the Franconian town of Bubenreuth in West Germany. They were quickly able to return to the entrepreneurial successes they enjoyed before the war. Nowadays, a branch office in the Markneukirchen workshop represents the company where it first originated; business is managed by Ernst Heinrich III Roth and his son Wilhelm Roth, who were awarded the German musical instrument prize for their work in 1992 and 2009.