Welcome to our blog about stringed instruments, players, and composers of the Baroque period!
We at Johnson String Instrument and Carriage House Violins are very interested in early music and period instrument performance practice, and hope this blog will be a valuable resource for our readers. We will present regular blog posts for you to learn about stringed instruments, string players, and composers throughout the periods of music history.
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Arcangelo Corelli (1683-1713) is one of the eighteenth-century’s best-known violin players and composers. Although Corelli wrote a limited number of pieces, his compositions are a very important contribution to the violin repertoire, and greatly advanced violin technique. He composed 6 collected works, including sonatas for violin and basso continuo, trio sonatas (a multi-movement piece for 2 violins and continuo), and concerti grossi (a 3-movement concerto for more than one solo instrument and … Read more