Giuseppe Tartini

Giuseppe Tartini
Born(1692-04-08)8 April 1692
Died26 February 1770(1770-02-26) (aged 77)
EducationUniversity of Padua
Occupations
  • Composer
  • Director of music
  • Violinist
OrganizationsBasilica di Sant'Antonio in Padua

Giuseppe Tartini (8 April 1692 – 26 February 1770) was an Italian composer and violinist of the Baroque era born in Pirano in the Republic of Venice (now Piran, Slovenia). Tartini was a prolific composer, composing over a hundred pieces for the violin, the majority of them violin concertos. He is best remembered for his Violin Sonata in G Minor (the Devil's Trill Sonata).