Tomaso Antonio Vitali

Composer

1663 – 1745

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Who was Tomaso Antonio Vitali?

Tomaso Antonio Vitali was an Italian composer and violinist from Bologna, the eldest son of Giovanni Battista Vitali. He is known mainly for a chaconne in G minor for violin and continuo, which was published from a manuscript in the Sächsische Landesbibliothek in Dresden in Die Hoch Schule des Violinspiels edited by German violinist Ferdinand David. That work's wide-ranging modulations into distant keys have raised speculation that it could not be a genuine baroque work.

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Born
1663
Bologna
Also known as
  • Tommaso Antonio Vitali
  • TA Vitali
  • Vitali, Tomaso Antonio
Parents
Nationality
  • Italy
Profession
Lived in
  • Bologna
Died
May 9, 1745
Modena

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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