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The Violin and its Music, 1881
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1Bassani's pupil or not is a question impossible to decide; if so, the pupil was the master's senior; though an unusual circumstance, it does not prove anything. It is, however, the date of their respective compositions which throws some light upon the matter, and particularly that of Corelli taking Bassani as his model. The date of the first edition of Bassani's sonatas does not appear to be known, and there is no evidence to prove they were issued before Corelli's; but it is said Corelli took for a model of his graver sonatas the first and third set of those of Bassani;* and again, that the first and third sonatas of Corelli are apparently formed after the model of Bassani's Op. 5.† That this could not have been so is seen from the date of Corelli's Op. 1, 1683, and Bassani's Op. 5, 1700.
3The information we have of Corelli's life is both meagre and unsatisfactory. As regards the anecdotal portion, I am inclined to regard it as mainly apocryphal; but of that later. The earliest recorded event of any interest is Corelli's visit to Germany, about the year 1680, where he is said to have remained two years, during which time he was patronised by the Duke of Bavaria and other German princes. Subsequently we find him settled at Rome, where he published, in 1683, his first twelve sonatas before-mentioned. In 1685 appeared the second set, which gave rise to a controversy between the composer and Giov. Paolo
5* Burney. † Hawkins.
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