Francesco Maria Veracini is remembered in music for work that changed what came after it.
The record lists Francesco Maria Veracini as Italian composer.
Francesco Maria Veracini was born at Florence in 1690.
Music then was written to commission, for a court, a church or a patron, and a composer's freedom was bounded by whoever paid.
He worked as composer, conductor and violinist.
The instruments recorded are violin.
His work is classed as opera.
What survives in music is rarely what sold best at the time.
Francesco Maria Veracini died in 1768, aged 78. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Instruments: violin
- Genres: opera
