Pietro Castrucci

An Italian composer and violinist he spent nearly all his professional life in London. He made up sonatas, concerto grossi, items for flute, harpsichord, and several sonatas. Castrucci was most likely students of Corelli’s & most certainly was on a lot more than familiar conditions with Handel. (Castrucci executed the opera orchestras of Handel for just two years.) He was an excellent violinist and was most likely the inventor from the “British violet”.