(Joo-sep’-pe Tô-rel’-le) 1658–1709 Italian composer Torelli was born in Verona, but moved to Bologna in the early 1680s where, like Corelli, he became a member of the Accademia dei Filarmonici. He was a violin virtuoso and teacher who studied with Giacomo Antonio Perti (1661–1756) in Bologna. There he joined the orchestra of S Petronio. He travelled to Germany and ...
includes Cantiones sacrae (1619) and secular songs. Recommended Recording: Cantiones sacrae, Trinity College Choir, Cambridge (dir) Richard Marlow (Hyperion) Introduction | Early Baroque | Classical Personalities | Giuseppe Torelli | Early Baroque | Classical ...
, each for a different combination of instruments. A similar variety of styles is found in Handel’s op. 6. Solo Concerto Following the development of the solo concerto by Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709), Vivaldi and J. S. Bach contributed works to the genre that are still in the standard repertory today. Vivaldi is believed to have written about 350 solo concertos, ...
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