GEMINIANI, Francesco, an eminent violin-player and composer, was born at Lucca in . His first teacher on the violin was Carlo Ambrogio Lonati, surnamed ‘il Gobbo,
’ at Milan. He afterwards studied under Corelli at Rome, and is said to have had instruction in composition from Alessandro Scarlatti. Geminiani must be considered one of the foremost representatives of the school of Corelli, however different, owing to the peculiarity of his character and talent, he proved himself to be as a performer...