Thursday, February 17, 2022

February 17 - Arcangelo Corelli (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for February 17th are here: Arcangelo Corelli (2020) and Banjo Paterson (2021)

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Arcangelo Corelli (17 February 1653 – 8 January 1713) was an extremely important and influential composer and violinist.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Man, a Plan

With his music the ideal of full-blown tonality first became securely established. 

– britannica.com


Corelli created a norm

Which took all of Europe by storm,

A functional tonic

Controlled the harmonic

Excursions, defining the form.

 

 

 

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