One of the seminal figures of Baroque music, Arcangelo
Corelli was the first master of the modern violin, and
the predominance of that instrument in the music of the
following three centuries is his technical and
pedagogical legacy. He managed to extract from it a
beauty of tone and singing lyricism that were
previously unknown; these qualities brought him
international fame, both for his own performances and
for those of his many students who began to disseminate
his techniques. It would not be...(+)
One of the seminal figures of Baroque music, Arcangelo
Corelli was the first master of the modern violin, and
the predominance of that instrument in the music of the
following three centuries is his technical and
pedagogical legacy. He managed to extract from it a
beauty of tone and singing lyricism that were
previously unknown; these qualities brought him
international fame, both for his own performances and
for those of his many students who began to disseminate
his techniques. It would not be an overstatement to say
that the fundamentals of modern string playing --
including issues of both bowing and fingering --
descend directly from Corelli.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcangelo_Corelli).
Although originally written for Oboe/Trumpet in F,
Violins and Continuo , I created this Arrangement of
the Sonata a Quattro in D Major for Brass & Strings (2
Violins, Viola & Cello).