Giuseppe Tartini

Italian composer and violinist (1692-1770)

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Lived 1692–1770, aged 78

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1692–1770
Aged 78

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Updated 2026-06-08

A Baroque violinist whose most famous sonata came with a legend: he claimed the Devil appeared in a dream and played it for him, note for note—hence the name that stuck.

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Giuseppe Tartini was born in Pirano in the Republic of Venice on 8 April 1692. He built a career as both composer and violinist through the Baroque era, writing prolifically—over a hundred pieces for his instrument, most of them concertos. The work that outlasted all the others is his Violin Sonata in G Minor, known as the Devil's Trill Sonata. He died on 26 February 1770.

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Concerto Transcriptions for Organ
2025
Diavolo: 6 Violin Sonatas
2024
A Violin’s Life, Volume 3: Music for the “Lipinski” Stradivari
2023
Tutta sola
2022
Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach / Giuseppe Tartini: Concertos & Sonates
2021
Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni / Tartini: Devil’s Trill Sonata for Violin Solo
2021
Violin Concertos, D80, D96 & D125 / Violin Sonata “Devil’s Trill”
2021
L’arte del arco / Il trillo del Diavolo
2021