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Giuseppe Tartini was a great violinist teacher
and composer. He wrote at least 150 sonatas, fifty
Trios and probably 200 Concertos. Nevertheless,
his masterwork is the Sonata called The Devil’s
Trill. It is believed that Tartini wrote it in 1713, af-
ter taken refuge in the Monastery of saint Francis
of Assisi. In Tartan’s own words we have his bi-
zarre experience: “ I dreamt one night that I made
a pact with the devil. In exchange for my soul, he
swore to be at my side when in need. He would
guess what my needs were. He knew all about
my thoughts. As an act of folly I decided to lend
him my violin and see his musicianship. To my
surprise, the music he produced was exquisite-
with such mastery and beauty that I could not
move during his performance. My pulse stopped,
I was breathless and woke up. I took my violin
and played trying to remember what I had heard
in dreams. Almost feverish I tried to remember
that sublime music. It is the best I have written,
although it does not compare with the devil’s
playing in my dream. The best interpreter of the
Sonata has been a being that never appears in the
concert halls”. And, if or not that Devils was pres-
ent this Sonata has objet lessons in technique
due to the trills it develops in the use of the left
hand. Also, the composition is delightful!
