Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Tartini - Violin Sonata in G Minor 'Devil's Trill' 39

Tartini - Violin Sonata in G Minor 'Devil's Trill'
Giuseppe Tartini (1692 - 1770) is an Italian composer and violinist. He was an influential teacher of the violin player and composer. He is a very popular violin school that attracted students from all over Europe. He was first known as a Stradivarius violin owned by a person of one.
He collected over 135 violin sonatas with violin and composed almost exclusively for the violin. By far best known for his work in G minor violin and basso Continuo, such as the 'Devil's trill' The familiar double-stopped trills used to work for the sonata. Tartini himself falling asleep one night and told stories about being visited by the devil:
"In the year 1713, one night, I dreamed all my soul to the devil was an agreement to be desired, I went to: .. my new servant anticipated my every desire among other topics, I gave him my violin to see if you can. How great it was to play a sonata is so nice and so beautiful, such as acting with great industry and intelligence, even as I wonder how I was hearing in my fantasy, not daring flight felt enraptured, transported, enchanted. and my breath failed me - I'm useless, I awoke immediately grasped my violin part to keep, at least, my dream cause I'm really good impression of music this time that I ever wrote, and I'm still ..: This is a call to "Devil's trill", but the difference between that which moved me so much that I want my machine and will be destroyed forever, said farewell to music if it was my pleasure to live without it affords me. "
Tartini's Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill'