Domenico Ferrari (1722 – 1780)Ferrari, Domenico
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Treccani The ''Enciclopedia Italiana di Scienze, Lettere e Arti'' ( Italian for "Italian Encyclopedia of Science, Letters, and Arts"), best known as ''Treccani'' for its developer Giovanni Treccani or ''Enciclopedia Italiana'', is an Italian-language ...

''. Retrieved 20 February 2018. was an Italian violinist and composer. He was born in

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in 1722, and was a pupil of

Giuseppe Tartini Giuseppe Tartini (8 April 1692 – 26 February 1770) was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era born in the Republic of Venice. Tartini was a prolific composer, composing over a hundred of pieces for the violin with the majority of ...

. For a period he lived in

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. He began to travel in 1749, finding great success in Vienna. In 1753 he became a member of the court orchestra at Stuttgart, where

Pietro Nardini Pietro Nardini (April 12, 1722 – May 7, 1793) was an Italian composer and violinist, a transitional musician who worked in both the Baroque and Classical era traditions. Life Nardini was born in Livorno and studied music at Livorno, late ...

was leader. He twice visited Paris, performing successfully. He died – murdered, according to report – in Paris in 1780. Although he had great technical ability, contemporary critics thought that his playing style did not retain that of his teacher Tartini.

Compositions

He wrote for the violin: he left a concerto, six

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s and 36 sonatas for solo violin.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrari, Domenico 1722 births 1780 deaths Italian classical violinists 18th-century violinists Italian male classical composers 18th-century Italian composers 18th-century Italian male musicians People from Piacenza Pupils of Giuseppe Tartini Male classical violinists