Antonio Veracini

Antonio Veracini (17 January 1659 – 26 October 1733) was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era.

Veracini was born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, the eldest son of Francesco di Niccolò Veracini, a noted violinist who ran a music school, and from whom Antonio first learned to play the violin. When his father's health began to fail around 1708, Antonio took over the running of th… More