Baroque Music
by Claude V. Palisca
Period: Baroque
Born: Saturday, September 3, 1695 in Venice, Italy
Died: Friday, March 30, 1764 in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nation of Origin: Italy
Major Works:
L'Arte del violin
Concertos and Sonatas for violin
Other Information:
Locatelli was a violinist and composer who advanced the technical range of the violin and inspired future violinists such as Paganini. He is known for his L'Arte del violino, a group of 12 violin concerti issued with 24 capriccios ad libitum for solo violin.
General Bibliography:
Bukofzer, Manfred F., Music in the Baroque Era, from Monteverdi to Bach, W.W. Norton & Company, November 1947, ISBN: 0393097455
Kennedy, Michael, The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 2nd Edition, 1997, ISBN: 0198691629
Palisca, Claude V. Baroque Music, Prentice Hall, December 1990, ISBN: 0130584967
Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2001, ISBN: 1561592390
Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257
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