Baroque Music - Composers

Francesco Geminiani

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- (1687-1762).
One of the leading Italian virtuoso violinist-composers of his time. Born in Lucca, he studied under the Italian violinist-composer Arcangelo Corelli and in 1714 settled in England, establishing a career as a brilliant performer. Of his compositions the best known are his concerti grossi, opus 2 and 3. Through his teaching he transmitted the technique and style of Corelli to later generations. The Art of Playing on the Violin, an invaluable 18th-century treatise on violin playing, was for many years misattributed to Geminiani.

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