Searching for traces of Guarneri, Carlo Chiesa and Duane Rosengard discovered Stradivari's will, dated 1729.

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"I think it's an understatement to say they weren't close, " Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa told a news conference.

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For more of Catherine, quite literally, visit the imposing, 13th-century Chiesa di San Domenico, just a few minutes west on Piazza San Domenico.

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Its tiny harbour is framed by the Chiesa di Santa Margherita, while the ruins of an 11th-century castle look out to sea.

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Mr Chiesa is a Milanese violin-maker with an interest in historical reconstruction.

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Chiesa said investigators believe Spyropoulos was motived by greed and wanted to steal a large amount of cash that his uncle kept in a safe.

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Vivid, secular frescoes by Domenico di Bartolo, lauding the good works of the hospital and its patrons fill the ground floor along with the Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata, a 13th-century church (remodelled in the 15th Century).

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The E-Major Sonata is a playful story told in five inspired movements, in which the composer seems to combine the learned wit of the Sonata da chiesa with the more relaxed entertainment of the Sonata da camera.

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The first six are called Sonate di chiesa and have more intricate, abstract counterpoint, whereas the six remaining sonatas, the Sonate di camera, have more dance-like movements in what seems to be an Italian version of the French suite form.

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