Corelli, Arcangelo

Composer Information

Arcangelo Corelli was an Italian violinist and composer of the Baroque era. Baptismal records indicate that Corelli was born on 17 February 1653 in the small Romagna town of Fusignano, then in the diocese of Ferrara. His family were land-owners who had lived in Fusignano since 1506 (a Corelli moved to the area from Rome in the fifteenth century); although apparently prosperous, they were almost certainly not of the nobility, as several fanciful accounts of the composer's genealogy subsequently claimed.Corelli's father, from whom he took the name Arcangelo, died five weeks before the composer's birth. Consequently, he was raised by his mother, Santa (née Ruffini, or Raffini), alongside four elder siblings. [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• 12 Sonate for violin and harpsichord, Op. 5
• Grand Concert in G minor, Op. 6 No. 8 - done for the night of Christmas