Arcangelo Corelli

Arcangelo Corelli (Fusignano, February 17, 1653-Rome, January 8, 1713) was a violinist and composer of the Italian Baroque period.

Biography

He was born in Fusignano (province of Ravenna, Italy) on February 17, 1653. He was the son of one of the most important families in this city. Since childhood he studied violin in his hometown. In 1666 he travels to Bologna, where he studies with Giovanni Benvenuti and Leonardo Brugnoli. In 1670 he became a member of the Bologna Philharmonic Academy. Five years later he settled in Rome, where he was adopted and housed by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni, nephew of Pope Alexander VIII. In Rome he would achieve extraordinary fame as a violinist, while perfecting his compositional technique. He was protected by Queen Christina of Sweden.

In 1682 he became first violinist in the chapel orchestra of the Church of Saint Louis of the French, the national church of the French community in Rome. In 1684 he entered the Congregazione dei Virtuosi di Santa Cecilia, the same year that he adopted the name of Arcomelo Erimanteo. By 1700, Corelli was already the first violinist and concert director of the Palace of the Chancellery. His fame was such that in 1706 he entered the Academy of Arcadia, a very high distinction at that time, where he met Domenico Scarlatti. Two years later he will meet Händel. He died in Rome on January 8, 1713, being buried in the pantheon of the church of Santa Maria ad martires (the Pantheon of Rome).

Corelli is considered one of the greatest precursors of the pre-classical sonata and the quintessential representative of the concerto grosso, a technique he acquired due to the innovations of Alessandro Stradella that he used for his (Concerto Grosso Op. 6). Corelli's music exerted a great influence on German composers, especially Bach and Händel.

Work

Sonata in threesome Op. 2 No. 11
	First move Prelude. Adagio. Second move Allemanda. Presto. Third movement Giga. Allegro.
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His chamber music includes:

• 12 trio sonata for two violins and cello, opus 1 (1681);
• 12 trio sonatas for two violins, violonchelo or carpentry, opus 2 (1685);
• 12 sonatas in threesomes for two violins and flute, opus 3 (1689);
• 12 trio sonatas for two violins, viola and opus 4 key (1694);
• 12 Sonatas for violin, cello and key, opus 5 (1700) - (12o La Folia);
• 12 Concerti grossiopus 6 (1714).
• 1 trumpet and piano sonata VIII. de lucila mernies