A pupil of Pugnani, Giovanni Battista Viotti could claim to represent the continuing tradition of Italian violin playing that started in the last quarter of the 17th century with Corelli. His career as a performer was relatively short, but his influence on violin playing was very considerable, witnessed notably by the younger generation of players that included Rode, Kreutzer and Baillot.
Viotti’s orchestral music consists principally of his 29 violin concertos, in a style that develops from the compositions of the early 1780s to the romantic lyricism of the later concertos, works that strongly influenced the concertos of younger violinist-composers.
Viotti’s orchestral music consists principally of his 29 violin concertos, in a style that develops from the compositions of the early 1780s to the romantic lyricism of the later concertos, works that strongly influenced the concertos of younger violinist-composers.
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