Arcangelo corelli interesting facts
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Arcangelo Corelli
Italian violinist and composer (1653–1713)
"Corelli" redirects here. For other uses, see Corelli (disambiguation).
Arcangelo Corelli (,[1][2]also,[3],[3][4]Italian:[arˈkandʒelokoˈrɛlli]; 17 February 1653 – 8 January 1713)[5] was an Italian composer and violinist of the middle Baroque era. His music was key in the development of the modern genres of sonata and concerto, in establishing the preeminence of the violin, and as the first coalescing of modern tonality and functional harmony.[6]
He was trained in Bologna and Rome and spent most of his career there with the protection of wealthy patrons.[7] Though his entire production is limited to just six published collections – five of which are trio sonatas or solo and one of concerti grossi — he achieved great fame and success throughout Europe, in the process crystallizing widely influential musical models.[8][9]
His writing was admired for its balance, refinement, sumptuous and original harmonie
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The Life and Work of Arcangelo Corelli
This music [listen] was written in 1953 by the English composer Sir Michael Tippett in response to a commission from the Edinburgh Festival. It was new music but its inspirations go back a lot further as evidenced in the title: Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli.
The Corelli of the title is Arcangelo Corelli, a famous Italian violinist and composer who lived in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and Tippett's work is based on fragments of one of Corelli's concertos. But it points to one of the most important things about Corelli: his influence on others. In this post I want explore Corelli's life and work, but I also want to touch on the influence Corelli had on many other musicians, of which Tippett was only one.
Arcangelo Corelli was born - on 17 February, 1653 - in a small Italian town called Fusignano. On an east/west axis it lies between Bologna and Ravenna; north/south it's about halfway between Venice and Florence. Corelli came from a family of prosperous landowners whose elevated s
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Arcangelo Corelli
Arcangelo Corelli (February 17, 1653 – January 8, 1713) was an Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music.
Biography
Corelli was born at Fusignano, in the current-day province of Ravenna, although at the time it was in the province of Ferrara. Little is known about his early life. His master on the violin was Giovanni Battista Bassani. Matteo Simonelli, the well-known singer of the pope’s chapel, taught him composition.
He gained his first major success in Paris at the age of nineteen, and to this he owed his European reputation[1]. From Paris, Corelli went to Germany. In 1681 he was in the service of the electoral prince of Bavaria; between 1680 and 1685 he spent a considerable time in the house of his friend and fellow violinist-composer Cristiano Farinelli (believed to be the uncle of the celebrated castrato Farinelli).
In 1685 Corelli was in Rome, where he led the festival performances of music for Queen Christina of Sweden, and he was also a favorite of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, grandnephew of another Cardinal Pietro Ottobo
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