Francesco Maria Veracini
Born: 1st February 1690, Florence, Italy
Died: 31st October 1768, Florence, Italy
Nationality: Italian
Francesco Maria Veracini was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his sets of violin sonatas. As a composer, according to Manfred Bukofzer, "His individual, if not subjective, style has no precedent in baroque music and clearly heralds the end of the entire era", while Luigi Torchi maintained that "he rescued the imperiled music of the eighteenth century", His contemporary, Charles Burney, held that "he had certainly a great share of whim and caprice, but he built his freaks on a good foundation, being an excellent contrapuntist". The asteroid 10875 Veracini was named after him.
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- 12 Violin or Recorder Sonatas (1716): Sonata No. 3 in D minor (3)
- 12 Violin or Recorder Sonatas (1716): Sonata No. 6 in A Minor (6)
- 12 Violin or Recorder Sonatas (1716): Sonata No. 9 in G Minor (2)
- Allegro (2)
- Aria Schiavona in B flat major for orchestra (1)
- Concerto a cinque in A major for violin and orchestra (2)
- Concerto a otto stromenti in D major for violin and orchestra (3)
- Dissertazioni sopra l'Opera V del Corelli (1)
- Largo (9)
- Largo from Sonata No. 6 in A Major (Sonate accademiche, Op. 2) (3)
- Meco verrai su quella (from Rosalinda) (3)
- Menuet & Gavotta (2)
- Overture No. 1 in B flat major (3)
- Overture No. 2 in F major (6)
- Overture No. 3 in B flat major (3)
- Overture No. 4 in F major (3)
- Overture No. 5 in B flat major (3)
- Overture No. 6 in B flat major (4)
- Sonata Concertante for Violin & Figured Bass (2)
- Sonata in A major 'Sonate accademiche', Op 2 No 6 (3)
- Sonata in A major 'Sonate accademiche', Op 2 No 9 (4)
- Sonata in A major, Op. 1, No. 7 (2)
- Sonata in A minor (3)
- Sonata in C Major Op.2 No 1 (1)
- Sonata in D minor 'Sonate accademiche', Op 2 No 12 (10)
- Sonata in D minor 'Sonate accademiche', Op 2 No 7 (2)
- Sonata in E minor (2)
- Sonata in E minor 'Sonate accademiche', Op 2 No 8 (2)
- Sonata in E minor, Op. 1 No. 6 (3)
- Sonata in G minor 'Sonate accademiche', Op 2 No 5 (4)
- Sonata No. 1 in D Major from Dissertazioni ... sopra l'opera quinta del Corelli (1)
- Sonata No. 1 in G Minor from Sonate a violino solo e basso Op. 1 (1721) (2)
- Sonata prima in G minor Op. 1 No. 1 (5)
- Sonata Sesta in A minor (4)
- Sonatas for solo violin & bass Op. 1 Nos. 1-6 (2)
- Sonate accademiche (12), Op. 2 (2)
- Sonate da camera, Op. 2, No. 8 (5)
- Trumpet Concerto in E Minor (3)
- Violin Sonata in D minor (2)
- Violin Sonatas Op. 1 Nos. 7 & 8 (1)