Baroque · Italy
1695 – 1764
Bergamo - Amsterdam
Review
Formed in Rome in the surroundings of Corelli, he was a violinist of amazing technique who went through Italy and Germany before settling in Amsterdam in 1729.
His collection L'arte del violino, with its 24 whims of extreme difficulty, anticipates Paganini's virtuosism a century earlier.
Main works
- Concerti grossi op. 1 (1721)
- Songs for flute op. 2 (1732)
- L'arte del violino op. 3, with 24 whims (1733)
- Introduttioni theatrali op. 4 (1735)
- Gross concerto «Il pianto d'Arianna» op. 7 No. 6 (1741)
