Giuseppe Tartini

Baroque · 1692–1770

Giuseppe Tartini claimed his most famous piece came to him in a dream: the devil appeared at the foot of his bed, picked up a violin, and played a sonata so beautiful that Tartini woke and tried to write down what he could remember. The result, the Devil's Trill sonata, is still a peak of the violin repertoire.

Born in 1692 in Pirano, then a Venetian town on the Adriatic coast, Tartini was pointed toward the priesthood and law before an elopement and a period of hiding pushed him fully into music. He settled in Padua as a violinist at the Basilica of St. Anthony, and in 1728 founded a violin school there that drew students from across Europe. He also studied the physics of sound, describing the faint extra tone you can hear when two notes are played together.

Start with the Violin Sonata in G minor, the Devil's Trill itself.

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Chamber

Violin Sonata in G minor, B.g5, "The Devil's Trill"
25 piccole sonate per violino e violoncello e per violino solo
38 Variations on a Gavotte by Corelli, for violin and continuo, B.F11, "L'arte del arco"
50 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, for violin and piano
Flute Concertino in F
Fugue in A major, for violin and organ
Pastorale in A major, for violin and continuo, B.A16, op. 1, no. 13
Sonata in A minor
Sonata in D minor
Trio sonata in A minor, B. a1
Trio sonata in C major, B. C3
Trio sonata in D major, B. D1
Trio sonata in D major, B. D2
Trio sonata in D major, B. D10
Trio Sonata in D major, B.D11, op. 8, no. 6
Trio sonata in D minor, B. d2
Trio Sonata in F major, B.F1
Trio sonata in G major, B. G1
Trio sonata in G major, B. G3
Violin Sonata, B. D1
Violin Sonata, B. G10, op. 6, no. 6
Violin Sonata in A major, B.A1
Violin Sonata in A major, B. A6, op. 6, no. 4
Violin Sonata in A major, B. A19,Op.6, no. 2
Violin Sonata in B flat major, B. B5, op. 6, no. 5
Violin Sonata in B minor, B.h1
Violin Sonata in C major, B. C1
Violin Sonata in D major, B. D8, op. 6, no. 3
Violin Sonata in D minor, B. d1
Violin Sonata in D minor, B.d1
Violin Sonata in E minor, B. e1
Violin Sonata in F major, B. F1
Violin Sonata in G major, B. G1
Violin Sonata in G major, B. G2
Violin Sonata in G major, B. G8, op. 6, no. 1
Violin Sonata in G major, B.G19
Violin Sonata in G minor, B.g10, "Didone abbandonata"
Violin Sonata in G minor, B.g11
Violin Sonata no. 7 in A minor
Violin Sonata no. 8 in G minor
Violin Sonata no. 9 in A
Violin Sonata no. 10 in B
Violin Sonata no. 11 in E
Violin Sonata no. 12 in G

Orchestral

12 Violin Concertos, op. 1
Cello Concerto in A
Cello Concerto in D
Cello Concerto in D
Concerto grosso in C major, no. 5
Sinfonia in A for Strings
Sinfonia in D major, for strings
Violin Concerto in A major, D.90
Violin Concerto in A major, D.92
Violin Concerto in A major, D.93
Violin Concerto in A major, D.94
Violin Concerto in A major, D.95
Violin Concerto in A major, D.96
Violin Concerto in A major, D.97
Violin Concerto in A major, D.98
Violin Concerto in A major, D.99
Violin Concerto in A major, D.100
Violin Concerto in A major, D.101
Violin Concerto in A major, D.102
Violin Concerto in A major, D.103
Violin Concerto in A major, D.104
Violin Concerto in A major, D.105
Violin Concerto in A major, D.106
Violin Concerto in A major, D.107
Violin Concerto in A major, D.108
Violin Concerto in A major, D.109
Violin Concerto in A major, D.110
Violin Concerto in A minor, D.112
Violin Concerto in A minor, D.113
Violin Concerto in A minor, D.114
Violin Concerto in A minor, D.115
Violin Concerto in B flat major, D.116
Violin Concerto in B flat major, D.117
Violin Concerto in B flat major, D.118
Violin Concerto in B flat major, D.119
Violin Concerto in B flat major, D.120
Violin Concerto in B flat major, D.121
Violin Concerto in B flat major, D.122
Violin Concerto in B flat major, D.123
Violin Concerto in B minor, D.124
Violin Concerto in B minor, D.125
Violin Concerto in C major, D.1
Violin Concerto in C major, D.2
Violin Concerto in C major, D.3
Violin Concerto in C major, D.4
Violin Concerto in C major, D.5
Violin Concerto in C major, D.6
Violin Concerto in C major, D.7
Violin Concerto in C major, D.8
Violin Concerto in C major, D.9
Violin Concerto in C major, D.10
Violin Concerto in C major, D.11
Violin Concerto in C major, D.12
Violin Concerto in C major, D.13
Violin Concerto in C major, D.14
Violin Concerto in D major, D.16
Violin Concerto in D major, D.17
Violin Concerto in D major, D.19
Violin Concerto in D major, D.20
Violin Concerto in D major, D.21
Violin Concerto in D major, D.22
Violin Concerto in D major, D.23
Violin Concerto in D major, D.24
Violin Concerto in D major, D.25
Violin Concerto in D major, D.26
Violin Concerto in D major, D.27
Violin Concerto in D major, D.28
Violin Concerto in D major, D.29
Violin Concerto in D major, D.30
Violin Concerto in D major, D.31
Violin Concerto in D major, D.32
Violin Concerto in D major, D.33
Violin Concerto in D major, D.34
Violin Concerto in D major, D.35
Violin Concerto in D major, D.36
Violin Concerto in D major, D.37
Violin Concerto in D major, D.38
Violin Concerto in D major, D.39
Violin Concerto in D major, D.40
Violin Concerto in D major, D.41
Violin Concerto in D major, D.42
Violin Concerto in D minor, D.43
Violin Concerto in D minor, D.44
Violin Concerto in D minor, D.45
Violin Concerto in E
Violin Concerto in E major, D.46
Violin Concerto in E major, D.47
Violin Concerto in E major, D.48
Violin Concerto in E major, D.49
Violin Concerto in E major, D.50
Violin Concerto in E major, D.51
Violin Concerto in E major, D.52
Violin Concerto in E major, D.53
Violin Concerto in E major, D.54
Violin Concerto in E minor, D.56
Violin Concerto in E minor, D.57
Violin Concerto in F major, D.61
Violin Concerto in F major, D.62
Violin Concerto in F major, D.63
Violin Concerto in F major, D.64
Violin Concerto in F major, D.65
Violin Concerto in F major, D.66
Violin Concerto in F major, D.67
Violin Concerto in F major, D.68
Violin Concerto in F major, D.69
Violin Concerto in F major, D.70
Violin Concerto in G major, D. 72
Violin Concerto in G major, D.73
Violin Concerto in G major, D.74
Violin Concerto in G major, D.75
Violin Concerto in G major, D.76
Violin Concerto in G major, D.77
Violin Concerto in G major, D. 78
Violin Concerto in G major, D.79
Violin Concerto in G major, D.80
Violin Concerto in G major, D.81
Violin Concerto in G major, D. 82
Violin Concerto in G major, D.83
Violin Concerto in G major, D.84
Violin Concerto in G minor, D. 86
Violin Concerto in G minor, D.87

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