VERACINI, Antonio, a violinist and composer who lived during the second half of the 17th century at Florence. According to Fétis he published three sets of sonatas. His nephew and pupil,
Francesco Maria Veracini, a celebrated violinist and composer, was born at Florence about , and was known as ‘Il Fiorentino.
’ He appears to have settled early at Venice, where Tartini was so much impressed by his style as to leave Venice without appearing in public, and retire to Ancona...