The heart of Venice is the Basilica of Saint Mark, rich in golden glitterings and references to the East, a true symbol of the greatness of the Doges and of the Republic of Venice. The first church...
The coincidence that Father Giovanni Torre da Piran had died in Assisi in 1713, leaving him without protection inside the convent and forcing him to move to Ancona for better sustenance, appears less...
Tartini returned to the Veneto region where he began teaching violin to the offspring of the noble families of Venice. These included the Giustiniani. Tartini had Gerolamo Ascanio as a student, who,...
The pedagogical activity of Tartini is certified in the Lagoon, where he used to educate some maidens in Venetian hospices (Ospedali).
Similar welfare institutions, aimed at the sick,...
The fame Tartini earned as a violin virtuoso and composer during his lifetime accompanied his arrival in Venice, where he often performed in the city's main churches.
Francesco Caffi, author of the...
At Palazzo Mocenigo on a reception to honour the visit of Frederick Augustus II of Saxony, Tartini was confronted by Francesco Maria Veracini from Florence, a violinist few years older and more...
Venetian libraries hold valuable musical treasures, including many printed and manuscript sources of Giuseppe Tartini's compositions.
The library of the Conservatory of Music 'Benedetto...
On several occasions, Tartini played with the Bolognese cellist and composer Antonio Vandini (1690c - 1778), a lifelong friend, who was also a teacher in the Ospedale della Pietà in 1720 and...
