Francesco Maria Veracini, Italian violinist and composer (died 1768)

Francesco Maria Veracini

18th-century Italian composer

Francesco Maria Veracini was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his sets of violin sonatas. As a composer, according to Manfred Bukofzer, "His individual, if not subjective, style has no precedent in baroque music and clearly heralds the end of the entire…