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Violin musicians includes composers and violinists.
Some violin musicians listed below lived before
20th century:
- Yehudi Menuhin (New York 1916 - Berlin 1999)
A violinist and later an orchestra conductor.
At the age of 7 he became world famous when he
performed Eduardo Lalo’s "Spanish Symphony".
- Arcangelo Corelli (Fusignano, Ravenna 1653
- Rome 1713)
An Italian composer and violinist whose playing
style was to launch the technique of the 18th
and 19th centuries, Corelli created chamber
music that had a great influence on his successors.
- Antonio Vivaldi (Venice 1678 - Vienna 1741)
Composer and impresario for a theatre in Venice.
It was Vivaldi who established the ternary format
of the concerto (lively, slow, lively). He was
also amongst the first to introduce the cadenze
for soloists. The principle of the modern concerto,
which implies a virtuoso interpretation of a
perfect composition, is an integral part of
Vivaldi’s last works. Besides his choral and
religious compositions, Vivaldi left an enormous
instrumental work, including 456 concertos,
of which 223 for violin and orchestra, 22 for
two violins, 27 for cello, 39 for bassoon, 13
for oboe as well as other concertos for viola
d’amore, lute, theorbo, mandolin, piccolo, and
73 sonatas.
- Johann-Sebastian Bach (Eisenach 1685 - Leipzig
1750)
He was a german composer and organist of the baroque
period, and is almost universally regarded as
one of the greatest composers of all time. His
works, noted for their intellectual depth, technical
command, and artistic beauty, have provided inspiration
to nearly every musician in the European tradition,
from Mozart to Schoenberg.
- Giuseppe Tartini (Pirano 1692 - Padua 1770)
Tartini, considered as one of the greatest violin
masters. He left a vast repertoire for violinists:
almost 150 concertos and 100 sonatas for the
violin, the most famous being "The Devil’s
Trill". He also wrote several theoretical
treatises.
- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Salzburg 1756 - Vienna
1791)
The quantitative (over 600 works!) and qualitative
significance of his music shows an immense power
of imagination from his earliest years. He approached
all genres with talent. Mozart composed with amazing
facility and very often without even correcting
his scores, as though inspired by the Hand of
God...
- Niccolò Paganini (Genoa 1782 - Nice
1840)
Paganini’s influence on his contemporaries (Schubert,
Schumann, Liszt) is without measure. He overshadowed
even the greatest violinists of his day.
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