This virtuoso performed in festivals for Queen Christina of Sweden and led Monday concerts in the court of Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this violinist and composer who wrote a piece that ends with a 12/8 (“twelve-eight”) pastorale ad libitum to provide contemplation after five movements varyingly marked vivace and allegro.
ANSWER: Arcangelo Corelli
[10e] Corelli’s Concerto grosso in G minor, No. 8 is nicknamed for this holiday, which is also when performance groups often hold sing-along concerts for Handel’s Messiah.
ANSWER: Christmastime [or Christmas Day or Christmas Eve; accept the birth of Jesus or the birth of Christ]
[10m] Corelli’s multi-movement approach to the concerto grosso differed from this later Italian violinist and composer, whose own concertos included L’estro armonico and typically had three movements.
ANSWER: Antonio Vivaldi [or Antonio Lucio Vivaldi]
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