Felice Giardini

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Felice Giardini (April 12, 1716 – June 8, 1796) was an Italian composer and violinist. Felice Giardini (1716–1796) was born in Turin.[1] When it became clear that he was a child prodigy, his father sent him to Milan. There he studied singing, harpsichord and violin but it was on the latter that he became a famous virtuoso. By the age of 12, he was already playing in theater orchestras. In a famous incident about this time, Giardini, who was serving as assistant concertmaster during an opera, played a solo passage for violin, the composer Niccolò Jommelli had written. He decided to show off his skills and improvised several bravura variations which Jomelli had not written. Although the audience applauded loudly, Jomelli, who happened to be there, was not pleased and suddenly stood up and slapped the young man in the face. Giardini, years later, remarked, “it was the most instructive lesson I ever received from a great artist." During the 1750s, Giardini toured Europe as a violinist, scoring successes in Paris, Berlin, and especially in England where he eventually settled. For many years, he served as the concertmaster and director of the Italian Opera in London and gave solo concerts under the auspices of J. C. Bach with whom he was a close friend. He was widely regarded as the greatest musical performing artist before the public. (1755–1770). In 1784, he returned to Naples to run a theater, however, there he encountered financial setbacks. In 1793, he returned to England to

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Giardini: Complete String Trios

Giardini: 6 Sonatas for Flute & Harpsichord

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Giardini: Cinque quartetti dedicati ai Duchi di Devonshire

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Un Italiano a Londra

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Giardini: Chamber Quartets

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Tallis - Sisask - Świder - Palestrina - Szymanowski - Rachmaninow

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Giardini: 6 Violin Duets, Op. 2

Giardini: 6 Sonatas for Violin & Continuo, Op. 1

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Felice Giardini: String Quartet in E-Flat major

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Cinque Quartetti

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Galante

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