Qui Si Batte Con Il Legno - Music

Carlo Farina * C. 1600 Mantova † July 1639 Vienna Was An Italian Composer. Conductor And Violinist Of The Baroque Era. Farina Got His First Lessons Presumably By His Father Who Was Sonatore Di Viola At The Court Of The Gonzaga In Mantua. Later He Get Further Education Probably By Salomone Rossi And Giovanni Battista Buonamente. From 1626 To 1629 He Worked As Concertmaster In Dresden. In Dresden He Worked With Heinrich Schütz Who Interested Him In Composing. From 1629 To 1631 He Was A Prominent Member Of The Electoral Court Orchestra In Bonn Until He Returned To Italy Where He Worked In Parma And Later In Lucca Until 1635. In 1635 He Held Position At The Court Of The Prince Of Massa And Between 1636 And 1637 In Dantzig. From 1638 He Lived In Vienna Where He Also Died Of Plague Probably A Year Later. He Is Considered To Be One Of The Earliest Violin Virtuosos And He Had Many Contributions To Violin Technique. In His Work Capriccio Stravagante 1627 He Used Violin To Imitate Animal Sounds Like Dogs Barking Or Cats Fighting. read less