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Arcangelo Corelli was born in Fusignano (near Faenza) on February 17, 1653 in a rich and noble family. After learning the basics of music and elementary violin techniques, he studied and played violin in Bologna under the supervision of great masters and famous musicians of the time. Because of his remarkable skills in playing the violin, he was accepted as a member of the philharmonic academy in 1670. In the same period (before 1680) he went to a concert tour across Germany that made him very famous and later by accepting the invitation to take part in the great Saint Louis festival he became a prominent figure. Between 1681 and 1700 Corelli published five opuses of his compositions, among them the trio sonatas . sonatas as opus 4 in 1694 were all composed for two violins and a continuo instrument. Twelve solo sonatas for violin and celesta including six church | ![]() | ||||
sonatas, five chamber sonatas and one variation (La Folia), published in 1700 as opus five, are also among his works in this period. Corelli's works are regarded as a bridge between 17th and 18th century Italian and European music. Many Corelli by his intrinsic understanding of counterpoint, which is frameless and without tonal harmonic content, Corelli has made his name eternal . A skillful Neapolitan sixth and sometimes chain of seconds (Corelli clash), in the harmonic architecture of his works. He strongly established his theories in October 1685 and triumphantly stepped into a way towards future. Corelli's death in January 1713 made . Rome regretful. He was buried in Pantheon and by Cardinal Ottoboni's command a marble statue of him was installed upon his tomb. In this album, "Sol Music" has performed four of these eternal baroque works. Corelli's other sonatas will be presented in the future works of "Sol". Bahman mehabadi | |||||
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