Locatelli - Concerto Grosso in F minor Op. 1 no. 8 (1721) Baroque

Locatelli - Concerto Grosso in F minor Op. 1 no. 8 (1721) 🎻 Baroque Pietro Antonio Locatelli (born 3 September 1695 in Bergamo - dead 30 March 1764 in Amsterdam) was an Italian Baroque composer and violinist. When Locatelli went to Amsterdam in 1729, he discovered the centre of European music publishing. He published his Opp. 2–6, 8 and 9 and a new edition of Op. 1 in Amsterdam, and Op. 7 in the neighbouring city of Leiden. He took great care to achieve flawless editions. Locatelli gave the well-arranged works to different publishers, and he edited and sold the less-arranged works. Op. 1 of Locatelli was composed in his early years, same as Op. 3 and parts of Op. 2 and 4 to 8. Locatelli obtained a privilege which protected Opp. 1–8 (which were also issued in Leiden, in Holland) from unauthorised reprints and prevented the import of reprints. In his application for the privilege he referred to himself as an “Italian music master living in Amsterdam“. As a consequence of the privi