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ARCANGELO CORELLI

17thFebruary 1653 --- 8thJanuary 1713

Arcangelo Corelli  was born 17th February 1653 and died  8th January 1713,  his style was the incorporation of the baroque violin
play. He lived from 1653 until 1713. Since 1675 it is assumed he lived in Rome, although he seems to have stayed in Germany for
some time.  Johann Wilhelm von der  Pfalz  a German "Kurforst" made him a  peer with  the title  "Marchese von  Ladenburg".

His life is  wrapped in  darkness. The cardinals  Benedetto Panfili and Pietro Ottoboni were his sponsors. Even more important was
his relationship to the Queen of Sweden, Christine, who ran an academy in Rome whose members assembled in the palazzo Riario
after she converted to catholicism - in 1659. Corelli's opus 1 - the 12 trio sonatas - were dedicated to that queen. Later he became
member of the arcadic  academy where  he worked at the side of  Alessandro Scarlatti and  Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710). In his
later years he fell into melancholia, because - it is said - he couldn't bear the success of his rival Giovanni Valentini.

He exclusively  composed music for string instruments  and nursed the  sonata and the concerto grosso.  He began in a traditional
way with  a trio sonata, followed by  12 chamber sonatas and the famous  12 solo sonatas opus 5,  from which were six dedicated
to the  church and five  for the chamber.  The  final piece  number 12 consists  of the "Follia",  variations on  the "Folie d'Espagne"
that was very popular at that time - the same  that Bach used in his "peasant-cantata" and even Liszt in his Rhapsodie Espagnole.
The crown of his works  are the "12 Concerti  grossi" opus 6 (1712) of which  eight are church and four  chamber concerts.  In the
classical time,  this form consisted of  two violins and a bass ("Concertino")  with a bigger group of strings  ("Grosso") - therefore
the term "Concerto grosso" is actually a pars pro toto.

The Austrian composer Georg Muffat (1653-1704), who himself composed Concerti grossi, was a disciple of Corelli and reports of
his  studies  in Rome that he  listened to  quite a lot  of nice  music,  with  a  great number  of  instruments,  accurately  produced
concerts of the  ingenious Sir Arcangelo Corelli  with great  delight and wonder.  According to  the testimony  of Muffat,  Corelli is
the real inventor of this style. Such an orchestra often consisted of 150 musicians.

Corellis art mirrors his own aristocratic,  pathetic and melancholic character  but also the great dignity of  the Roman aristocracy
who realized in these harmonies and perfect melodies a mirror of their own society.

I like to sincerely thank Roland R. Netzelmann for supplying the biography, thank you.

Last Updated on 2022
By Steven Ritchie

And now for the Music

(778)"Gavotte in D". Sequenced by Steven Ritchie.

Thanks to Paul Madrid for the music below.

New (3897)"Concerto Grosso, Opus.6, No.8, Mov.1 in G". Sequenced by Paul Madrid.

New (3896)"Concerto Grosso, Opus.6, No.8, Mov.2 in G". Sequenced by Paul Madrid.

New (3895)"Concerto Grosso, Opus.6, No.8, Mov.3 in G". Sequenced by Paul Madrid.

Thanks to Emily Gray for the music below. Email (HappyMusician@opendiary.com)

(1999)"Recorder Sonata, Mov.1". Sequenced by Emily Gray.

(2014)"Concerto Grosso, No.4, Opus 6, 1st Movement Adagio Allegro". Sequenced by Shane Ellis.

(2013)"Concerto Grosso, No.4, Opus 6, 2nd Movement Adagio". Sequenced by Shane Ellis.

(2012)"Concerto Grosso, No.4, Opus 6, 3rd Movement Vivace". Sequenced by Shane Ellis.

(2015)"Concerto Grosso, No.4, Opus 6, 4th Movement Allegro". Sequenced by Shane Ellis.

(940)"Sonata for trumpet, 2 violins and basso continuo". Sequenced by John Kwasnik.

(939)"La Folia". Sequenced by Heidi Snyder.

(938)"Gigue in A Major". Sequenced by W.M. Shockley.

New (3894)"Cagirema (not sure of title)". Sequencer Unknown.

(937)"La Follia". Sequencer Unknown.

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