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Francesco Geminiani

Corelli's disciple in London.

Francesco Geminiani · Portrait (Wikimedia Commons, public domain)
Francesco Geminiani · Portrait (Wikimedia Commons, public domain)

Baroque · Italy

1687 – 1762

Lucca - Dublin

Review

In Rome, he settled in London in 1714, where he played before King George I accompanied by Händel to the key.

He took the Korean style to England and wrote one of the first great violin methods. He spent his last years between London and Dublin.

Main works

  • Songs for violin op. 1 (1716)
  • Concerti grossi according to the sonatas op. 5 of Corelli, with «The Folia» (1726)
  • Concerti grossi op. 2 and op. 3 (1732)
  • Treaty The Art of Playing on the Violin (1751)
  • The Enchanted Forest (1754)
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