Giuseppe Tartini

Giuseppe Tartini
Born(1692-04-08)8 April 1692
Pirano
Died26 February 1770(1770-02-26) (aged 77)
Padua
EducationUniversity of Padua
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Director of music
  • Violinist
OrganizationsBasilica di Sant'Antonio in Padua

Giuseppe Tartini (8 April 1692 – 26 February 1770) was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era born in Pirano in the Republic of Venice (now Piran, Slovenia).[1][2] Tartini was a prolific composer, composing over a hundred pieces for the violin, the majority of them violin concertos. He is best remembered for his Violin Sonata in G Minor (the Devil's Trill Sonata).

  1. ^ "Giuseppe Tartini | Italian musician". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  2. ^ Brainard, Paul (1980). "Giuseppe Tartini". The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Vol. 18. London: Macmillan. p. 583. ISBN 1-56159-174-2. Italian composer, violinist, teacher and theorist.