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Francesco Geminiani (1687-1762) was an Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist. He wrote concerti grossi, violin solos, and treatises on violin playing and harmony, and was a mason and a teacher of many famous musicians.
Francesco Geminiani (baptized Dec. 5, 1687, Lucca, Tuscany—died Sept. 17, 1762, Dublin) was an Italian composer, violinist, teacher, writer on musical performance, and a leading figure in early 18th-century music. Geminiani studied under Corelli.
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Geminiani was baptized in Lucca, Italy, on December 5, 1687; it is likely, when local customs are taken into account, that he was born two days earlier. Records of his life are spotty, and some events in his career have to be deduced from publications by other writers that mention him in passing. His father was a violinist employed by the city of L...
In 1728 the Earl of Essex, one of Geminiani's well-born violin students, put forth the composer's name for the post of master and composer of state music in Ireland, a high-level post and a lucrative one in the days when governments largely controlled the printing business. Geminiani declined the position, but his reasons for doing so are not clear...
One famous incident in the annals of Irish traditional music involved Geminiani during his stay in Dublin. Geminiani was told of the legendary skills of Ireland's greatest traditional musician, the Irish harp player Turlough O'Carolan, and decided to test his skills. Geminiani took an Irish melody, rewrote it in such a way that the original melody ...
Careri, Enrico, Francesco Geminiani, Clarendon Press, 1993. Sadie, Stanley, ed., The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed. Macmillan, 2001.
"Francesco Geminiani," Baroque Composers and Musicians, http://www.baroquemusic.corg/bqxgem.html (January 22, 2006). "Francesco Geminiani," http://www.geocities.com/connidsunday/geminiani.html (January 22, 2006).
Learn about the life and achievements of Francesco Geminiani, a renowned violinist, composer and theorist of the Baroque era. Explore his concertos, sonatas, treatises and his influence on Corelli and Handel.
Like every other violinist of his generation, at the beginning of his career Geminiani was mainly affected by the influence of Corelli. We can feel in the mu...
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A collection of harpsichord works by Francesco Geminiani, a prominent violinist and composer of the 18th century. The album features adaptations, arrangements and original compositions influenced by the violin idiom and improvisational style.
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