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Arcangelo, Fusignano, near Imola, Italy, Feb. 17, 1653—Rome, Jan. 8, 1713; pupil of Be ani and Simonelli; toured Germany, lived under patronage of Cardinal Ollobone; one of the founders of vln.-style, systematiser of bowing and shifting, introducer of chord playing; a composer for the vln. whose works still hold favour. invitation from the King of Naples he gave a succ. court-concert, but at a second made various blunders and returned to Rome, in chagrin, increased with fatal results on finding or imagining himself supplanted there by a poor violinist named Valentini. His masterpieces ‘‘Concerti gro t,” were pub. just before his death. Many spurious comps. were i ued under his name.