{"product_id":"veracini-12-sonatas-for-flute-and-basso-continuo","title":"Veracini- 12 Sonatas for Flute and Basso Continuo","description":"\u003cp\u003eVeracini- 12 Sonatas for Flute and Basso Continuo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in F major \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in G major \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in D minor \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume 2\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in Bb Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in C Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in A Minor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume 3\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in C Minor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in F Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in G Minor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume 4\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in D Minor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in F Major\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSonata in C Minor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVeracini\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eItalian violinist and composer Francesco Maria Veracini (1690-1768) was known for his virtuosity on the violin, and the violin sonatas he composed contain many special effects for that instrument. He also composed operas and songs; at least half of his known musical output was for the voice. He was known as being arrogant and eccentric, so eccentric as to verge on madness. Veracini was born in Florence into a family of musicians and artists. His grandfather was one of the major violinists of the city, and his uncle Antonio was also a violin virtuoso and fine composer as well. It is he who gave the young Veracini his first music lessons, as the boy's father was one of the few in the family who did not play the violin, even as an amateur. Veracini's other instructors in Florence included the organist at Florence Cathedral. Veracini left Florence before Easter 1711. At Christmas that year, he was a soloist at the Christmas masses at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice but was never a regular member of the chapel orchestra. In 1714, Veracini traveled to London and appeared in a series of benefit concerts and as soloist between the acts of operas. In the summer of 1716, he was back in Venice, where he dedicated a set of 12 solo sonatas to a prince of Saxony in Germany. Although the prince knew a violinist was not needed at the Dresden court, he persuaded his father to hire Veracini, who traveled to Dresden in 1717. He transferred from the prince's private ployment to the regular court payroll at a high salary. He remained in Dresden until 1722, when in August of that year he jumped from a third-story window. It was said he leaped in a fit of madness brought on by applying himself too much to music and to studying alch y. A musical treatise Veracini wrote hints, however, that there was a plot against his life inspired by jealousy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ehttps:\/\/www.kennedy-center.org\/artists\/v\/va-vn\/francesco-veracini\/\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"All Flutes Plus","offers":[{"title":"1","offer_id":59638530670926,"sku":"EP4965A","price":20.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"2","offer_id":59638530703694,"sku":"EP4965B","price":19.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"3","offer_id":59638530736462,"sku":"EP4965C","price":25.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"4","offer_id":59638530769230,"sku":"EP4965D","price":24.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0885\/5335\/7646\/files\/ep4965a_0.jpg?v=1778586789","url":"https:\/\/www.allflutesplus.com\/products\/veracini-12-sonatas-for-flute-and-basso-continuo","provider":"All Flutes Plus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}