Composers

Pietro Castrucci

Violin
Cello
String ensemble
Sonata
Prelude
Allemande
Dance
Gigue
Gavotte
Minuet
Chaconne
Concerti grossi
Concerto
by popularity
11 Violin Sonatas and Chaconne, Op.212 Concerti Grossi, Op.312 Violin Sonatas, Op.1Violin Sonata in A major
Wikipedia
Pietro Castrucci (1679 – 7 March 1752) was an Italian violinist and composer.
Castrucci was born in Rome, where he studied with Arcangelo Corelli; in 1715, he settled in London, where he became known as one of the finest virtuoso violinists of his generation. By 1718 he had become leader of the opera orchestra of George Frideric Handel, a position which he held until 1737, when he was succeeded by the younger John Clegg. In 1739 he became one of the first beneficiaries of the Royal Society of Musicians and was little heard of thereafter, apart from an erroneous report of his death in 1746. After a benefit concert in Dublin in 1750, he died there of malaria in 1752. Despite being by then a pauper, he was buried with full ceremony in St. Mary's Church, Dublin.
Castrucci was the inventor of the 'violetta marina', which was a variation of the viola d'amore. Handel wrote obbligati for this instrument.