In the history of music, Giovanni Battista Somis is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Giovanni Battista Somis as Italian violinist and composer (1686-1763).
Giovanni Battista Somis was born at Turin in 1686.
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.
Performance is the most perishable art and recording the most durable; a career sits between the two.
Giovanni Battista Somis died in 1763, aged 77. The recordings and scores remain, which is the only durable form a musical life takes.
Achievements
- Instruments: violin
