Devil's Trill Sonata Violin Sonata in G minor Larghetto affettuosoAllegro moderatoAndanteAllegro assai-Andante-Allegro assai The story behind "Devil's Trill" starts with a dream. Tartini allegedly told the French astronomer Jérôme Lalande that he dreamed that The Devil appeared to him and asked to be his servant. "One night, in the year 1713 I dreamed I had made a pact with the devil for my soul. Giuseppe Tartini Giuseppe Tartini. Giuseppe Tartini (8 April 1692 – 26 February 1770) was an Italian[1] Baroque composer and violinist. Biography[edit] Tartini was born in Piran, a town on the peninsula of Istria, in the Republic of Venice (now in Slovenia) to Gianantonio – native of Florence – and Caterina Zangrando, a descendant of one of the oldest aristocratic Piranian families.[2] Legend says when Tartini heard Francesco Maria Veracini's playing in 1716, he was impressed by it and dissatisfied with his own skill. He fled to Ancona and locked himself away in a room to practice, according to Charles Burney, "in order to study the use of the bow in more tranquility, and with more convenience than at Venice, as he had a place assigned him in the opera orchestra of that city Tartini's skill improved tremendously and, in 1721, he was appointed Maestro di Cappella at the Basilica di Sant'Antonio in Padua, with a contract that allowed him to play for other institutions if he wished. Compositions[edit]
Johann Pachelbel Pachelbel's autograph signature from his 1695 letter to Gotha city authorities Johann Pachelbel (German: [ˈjoːhan ˈpaxəlbɛl]; baptised September 1, 1653 – buried March 9, 1706)[1] was a German Baroque composer, organist and teacher who brought the south German organ tradition to its peak. He composed a large body of sacred and secular music, and his contributions to the development of the chorale prelude and fugue have earned him a place among the most important composers of the middle Baroque era.[2] Life[edit] 1653–1674: Early youth and education (Nuremberg, Altdorf, Regensburg)[edit] Johann Pachelbel was born in 1653 in Nuremberg into a middle-class family, son of Johann (Hans) Pachelbel (born 1613 in Wunsiedel, Germany), a wine dealer,[4] and his second wife Anna (Anne) Maria Mair. Pachelbel was also permitted to study music outside the Gymnasium. 1673–1690: Career (Vienna, Eisenach, Erfurt)[edit] Prentz left for Eichstätt in 1672. Pachelbel's autograph letter Posthumous influence[edit]