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New page: '''Arcangelo Corelli''' (1653-1713), Italian Baroque composer, and violinist, was acknowledged in his day as the foremost violin virtuoso and wri...
'''Arcangelo Corelli''' (1653-1713), [[Italian]] [[Baroque period (music)|Baroque]] [[composer]], and [[violin]]ist, was acknowledged in his day as the foremost violin [[virtuoso]] and writer for the instrument.
He was the first composer to be honoured for instrumental compositions alone, which would be the most published and reprinted until [[Joseph Haydn]]’s music in the last half of the 18th century. Innovations in technique in both playing and composition would affect European chamber music into the 19th century. He is a significant figure in the development of the [[trio sonata]] and the [[concerto grosso]].
His output was not large but is important. It consists basically of a series of sonatas (Op.1 to 5) the 6 concerti grossi, (Op.6) (published posthumously) and a small number of other works..
His most popular works today are:
*''Concerto Grosso No. 8'', known as the ''“Christmas Concerto”'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMGCx7uVdwM]]
*''Sonata, Op.5, No.12''; consisting of the [[theme and variations]] on the old, possibly [[Portuguese]], tune known as ''"La Folia"''(''"Follia"'') [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axSxQImltZA]]
[[Category: Composers]]
{{DEFAULTSORT: Corelli, Arcangelo}}
He was the first composer to be honoured for instrumental compositions alone, which would be the most published and reprinted until [[Joseph Haydn]]’s music in the last half of the 18th century. Innovations in technique in both playing and composition would affect European chamber music into the 19th century. He is a significant figure in the development of the [[trio sonata]] and the [[concerto grosso]].
His output was not large but is important. It consists basically of a series of sonatas (Op.1 to 5) the 6 concerti grossi, (Op.6) (published posthumously) and a small number of other works..
His most popular works today are:
*''Concerto Grosso No. 8'', known as the ''“Christmas Concerto”'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMGCx7uVdwM]]
*''Sonata, Op.5, No.12''; consisting of the [[theme and variations]] on the old, possibly [[Portuguese]], tune known as ''"La Folia"''(''"Follia"'') [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axSxQImltZA]]
[[Category: Composers]]
{{DEFAULTSORT: Corelli, Arcangelo}}