Background to the String Music of Alessandro Stradella

To understand the style and characteristics of Stradella’s works for strings, not only should Corelli’s work be kept in mind, but also the complex of violin and sonata traditions preceding and contemporary with the composer: Dario Castello, Marco Uccellini, Giovanni Battista Fontana, Giovanni Battista Buonamente, Tarquinio Merula, Maurizio Cazzati, Giovanni Legrenzi, and Giovanni Maria Bononcini.