Aria Sopra La Bergamasca - Music

Marco Uccellini 1603/1610-1680 Was An Italian Violinist And Composer In The Baroque Tradition. Little Is Known About His Life. Born At Forlimpopoli Romagna He Studied In The Assisi Seminary. He Became Musical Director Capo Degl’ Instrumentisti Of The Este Court In Modena From 1641 To 1662 And Was The Musical Director Maestro Di Cappella Of Modena Cathedral From 1647 To 1665. Afterwards He Served As Maestro Di Cappella At The Farnese Court In Parma Until His Death. At The Farnese Court He Composed Operas And Ballets But None Of This Music Survives Thus He Is Mainly Known Today For His Instrumental Music. Uccellini Was One Of A Long Line Of Distinguished Italian Violinist-Composers In The First Half Of The Seventeenth Century. His Sonatas For Violin And Continuo Contributed To The Development Of An Idiomatic Style Of Writing For The Violin Including Virtuosic Runs Leaps And Forays Into High Positions Expanding The Instrument's Technical Capabilities And Expressive Range. Like Other Seventeenthth-Century Italian Sonatas Uccellini's Consist Of Short Contrasting Sections Frequently Dances That Flow One Into The Other. Uccellini Contributed To The Bow Technique Introducing The Sixth Position . He Also Was One Of The First To Use Scordatura Also Called Cross-Tuning An Alternative Tuning Used For The Open Strings Of A String Instrument. In The Western Classical Music Tradition It Is An Extended Technique To Allow The Playing Of Otherwise Impossible Note Sequences Or Note Combinations . His Publication Le Sonate Over Canzoni 1649 Was The First Music Published For Solo Violin And Continuo. read less