Francesco Xaverio Geminiani (baptised 5 December 1687 – 17 September 1762) was an Italian violinist, composer, and music theorist. BBC Radio 3 once described...
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archaeologist Francesco Manfredini (1684–1762), Italian composer Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762), Italian violinist and composer Francesco Maria Veracini...
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Geminiani is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762), Italian violinist, composer and music theorist...
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pupils, such as Francesco Geminiani, Pietro Locatelli, Pietro Castrucci, Francesco Antonio Bonporti, Giovanni Stefano Carbonelli, Francesco Gasparini, and...
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Giacomo Puccini (La Bohème and Madama Butterfly), Nicolao Dorati, Francesco Geminiani, Gioseffo Guami, Luigi Boccherini, and Alfredo Catalani. It is also...
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concerti grossi was published. Not long after, composers such as Francesco Geminiani, Pietro Locatelli, Giovanni Benedetto Platti and Giuseppe Torelli...
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Scarlatti in 1710, Antonio Vivaldi in his Opus 1 No. 12 of 1705, Francesco Geminiani in his Concerto Grosso No. 12 (which was, in fact, part of a collection...
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the earliest cello sonatas were composed in the 18th century by Francesco Geminiani and Antonio Vivaldi, and since then other famous cello sonatas have...
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under organist Thomas Roseingrave and musical theorist/composer Francesco Geminiani. He also greatly admired the work of Domenico Scarlatti. John Worgan...
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1700s is thought to be the origin of many viola jokes: The violinist Francesco Geminiani arrived in London in 1714, one of the many expatriate musicians who...
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to which its use was appropriate. Influential Baroque violinist Francesco Geminiani recommended that the vibrato be applied continuously, even on short...
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correct fingering). In this respect he resembles his contemporary, Francesco Geminiani, who advocated using vibrato "as frequently as possible" on short...
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He almost certainly studied under Johann Christoph Pepusch, met Francesco Geminiani, Giovanni Bononcini, and, most importantly, George Frideric Handel...
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during this period of his life that he met and began to study with Francesco Geminiani. Avison's first documented musical performance was a benefit concert...
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fellow-composer and former student Francesco Geminiani produced a "playing version" as follows: According to Nicholas Cook, in Geminiani's version "all the notes...
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Antonio Fantinuoli, Giangiacomo Pinardi, Paola Poncet. Francesco Maria Veracini, Francesco Geminiani, Arangelo Corelli, Giuseppe Tartini, Pietro Antonio...
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Armida by Carl Heinrich Graun (Berlin, 1751) The Inchanted Forrest by Francesco Geminiani (London, 1754) Armida by Tommaso Traetta (Vienna, 1761) Armida abbandonata...
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Few Italian violinists promoted Vivaldi in England. In the case of Francesco Geminiani, this was due partly to his allegiance to his teacher Corelli and...
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(1687–1743) Willem de Fesch (1687–1761) Johann Ernst Galliard (1687–1749) Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762) Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755) Jean Baptiste Senaillé...
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Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763) Willem de Fesch (1687–1761) Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762) Johann Georg Pisendel (1687–1755) Johann Friedrich Fasch...
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(1686–1739) Nicola Porpora (1686–1768) Giovanni Battista Somis (1686–1763) Francesco Geminiani (1687–1762) Domenico Zipoli (1688–1726) Pietro Baldassare (before...
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include Sonatas and Concertos by Antonio Vivaldi, and solo sonatas by Francesco Geminiani and Giovanni Bononcini. Domenico Gabrielli was one of the first composers...
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The Life of Miss Fanny Brown Giorgio Antoniotto – L'arte armonica Francesco Geminiani – The Art of Playing the Guitar or Cittra John Mainwaring – Memoirs...
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awaiting entry to heaven. The church also contains the tombs of Francesco Geminiani and Luigi Boccherini. Among the paintings is a Noli me Tangere by...
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pursue a career in music. In 1714 Barsanti emigrated to London with Francesco Geminiani, another musician from Lucca who was several years his senior. He...
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Symphonies, Op. 3 Michel Corrette – 6 Symphonies en Quatuor sur les Noëls Francesco Geminiani – The Second Collection of Pieces for the Harpsichord (London, arrangements...
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four realizations of the same figured bass by the Baroque composer Francesco Geminiani. In early Baroque the bass was usually unfigured. However, by also...
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Albinoni Benedetto Marcello Francesco Geminiani Pietro Locatelli Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Nicola Porpora Giuseppe Tartini Francesco Maria Veracini Proliferation:...
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music, recording many works by Antonio Vivaldi, Tomaso Albinoni, Francesco Geminiani, Benedetto Marcello and Giuseppe Tartini. I Solisti Veneti has toured...
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Gavreaux asked him to attend to the reprinting of methods for violin by Francesco Geminiani, and in 1799 Nademann and Lobry hired him to edit one for flute)...
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