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Francesco Maria Veracini: Notes and Commentary

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Francesco Maria Veracini was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his sets of violin sonatas. In addition to violin sonatas, operas and oratorios, Veracini also wrote violin concertos, sonatas for recorder and basso continuo, and orchestral suites, called Overtures. The six Overtures were performed for Prince Friedrich August in Venice in 1716, as part of Veracini’s ultimately successful attempt to secure a position at the Dresden court. They are all either in F major or B-flat major, except for one in G minor. The last one of these, in B-flat major, is remarkable for concluding with a unison minuet. Veracini also wrote a theory treatise, Il trionfo della pratica musicale (The Triumph of Musical Practice), and edited other composers’ works, adding changes of his own, such as he did in his Dissertazioni with the Opus 5 Violin Sonatas of Arcangelo Corelli.

There is a legend that, when Giuseppe Tartini heard Veracini playing the violin in 1712, he was so impressed by his bowing technique, and so dissatisfied with his own skill, that he retreated the next day to Ancona “in order to study the use of the bow in more tranquility, and with more convenience than at Venice,” where he had a place assigned him in the opera orchestra of that city. Veracini lived from February 1, 1690, to October 31, 1768.—Excerpted from Wikipedia

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Francesco Maria Veracini: Complete Works

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12 Sonatas for recorder or violin solo and basso (no opus number, dedicated to Prince Friedrich August, before 1716)
Opus 1, 12 Sonatas for violin solo and basso (dedicated to Prince Friedrich August, 1721)
Opus 2, 12 Sonate Accademiche for violin solo and basso (1744)
Dissertazioni del Sigr. Francesco Veracini sopra l’opera quinta del Corelli [Dissertation by Mr. Francesco Veracini on Corelli’s Opus 5] (date of composition uncertain, unpublished until 1961)
Opus 3, Il trionfo della pratica musicale, osia Il maestro dell’arte scientifica dal quale imparsi non solo il contrapunto ma (quel che più importa) insegna ancore con nuovo e facile metodo l’ordine vero di comporre in musica (music-theory treatise, 1760)—Excerpted from Wikipedia

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Francesco Maria Veracini: Books and Music

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Selected Books

Music Minus One Flute, Recorder, or Violin
Music Minus One, 2001
Francesco Maria Veracini
$23.73 on Amazon

FMV-4

Selected Music
FMV-1 Overtures Nos. 1 – 4 & 6 (1995), 1 CD

FMV-2 Dissertations Over Opera V O (2005), 1 CD

FMV-3 Sonate Accademiche (1995), 1 CD

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Francesco Maria Veracini, 1690-1768

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Veracini

Selected Recordings

Sonata in A minor Part 1

Sonata in A minor Part 2

Overture Suite No.1 in B flat major

Selected Sheet Music

Fuga con 4 Soggetti

Veracini-sheet

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Showcase Piece

Sonata in G minor Part 1

Notes and Commentary

Francesco Maria Veracini was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his sets of violin sonatas. In addition to violin sonatas, operas and oratorios, Veracini also wrote violin concertos, sonatas for recorder and basso continuo, and orchestral suites, called Overtures. The six Overtures were performed for Prince Friedrich August in Venice in 1716, as part of Veracini’s ultimately successful attempt to secure a position at the Dresden court. They are all either in F major or B-flat major, except for one in G minor. The last one of these, in B-flat major, is remarkable for concluding with a unison minuet. Veracini also wrote a theory treatise, Il trionfo della pratica musicale (The Triumph of Musical Practice), and edited other composers’ works, adding changes of his own, such as he did in his Dissertazioni with the Opus 5 Violin Sonatas of Arcangelo Corelli.

There is a legend that, when Giuseppe Tartini heard Veracini playing the violin in 1712, he was so impressed by his bowing technique, and so dissatisfied with his own skill, that he retreated the next day to Ancona “in order to study the use of the bow in more tranquility, and with more convenience than at Venice,” where he had a place assigned him in the opera orchestra of that city. Veracini lived from February 1, 1690, to October 31, 1768.—Excerpted from Wikipedia

Books and Music

Selected Books

Music Minus One Flute, Recorder, or Violin
Music Minus One, 2001
Francesco Maria Veracini
$23.73 on Amazon

FMV-4

Selected Music
FMV-1 Overtures Nos. 1 – 4 & 6 (1995), 1 CD

FMV-2 Dissertations Over Opera V O (2005), 1 CD

FMV-3 Sonate Accademiche (1995), 1 CD

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Complete Works

12 Sonatas for recorder or violin solo and basso (no opus number, dedicated to Prince Friedrich August, before 1716)
Opus 1, 12 Sonatas for violin solo and basso (dedicated to Prince Friedrich August, 1721)
Opus 2, 12 Sonate Accademiche for violin solo and basso (1744)
Dissertazioni del Sigr. Francesco Veracini sopra l’opera quinta del Corelli [Dissertation by Mr. Francesco Veracini on Corelli’s Opus 5] (date of composition uncertain, unpublished until 1961)
Opus 3, Il trionfo della pratica musicale, osia Il maestro dell’arte scientifica dal quale imparsi non solo il contrapunto ma (quel che più importa) insegna ancore con nuovo e facile metodo l’ordine vero di comporre in musica (music-theory treatise, 1760)—Excerpted from Wikipedia

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Giuseppe Torelli: Notes and Commentary

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Giuseppe Torelli’s 12 concerti of opus 8 “constitute one of the great achievements of the Baroque period. The principal traits that mark the mature concerto are here displayed: the fast-slow-fast sequence of movements, the ritornello form, and the virtuoso flights of the soloists.”—Claude Palisca, Baroque Music

Giuseppe Torelli was an Italian violist, violinist, teacher, and composer. He’s most remembered for his contributions to the development of the instrumental concerto, especially concerti grossi and the solo concerto, for strings and continuo, as well as being a prolific Baroque composer for trumpets. He was born in Verona. He studied composition with Giacomo Antonio Perti, and in 1684, at the age of 26, he became a member of the Accademia Filarmonica as suonatore di violino. By 1698 he was maestro di concerto at the court of Georg Friedrich II. He returned to Bologna sometime before February 1701, when he is listed as a violinist in the newly re-formed cappella musicale at San Petronio, directed by his former composition teacher Perti. He died in Bologna in 1709, where his manuscripts are conserved in the San Petronio archives. Giuseppe’s brother, Felice Torelli, was a Bolognese painter of modest reputation, who went on to be a founding member of the Accademia Clementina. The most notable amongst Giuseppe’s many pupils was Francesco Manfredini. He lived from April 22, 1658, to February 8, 1709.—Excerpted from Wikipedia

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