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Carlo Farina

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Italian composer, conductor and violinist

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Italy
Active to
1639-07
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Carlo Farina (* c. 1600, Mantova; † July, 1639, Vienna) was an Italian composer. conductor and violinist of the Baroque era. Farina got his first lessons presumably by his father, who was sonatore di viola at the court of the Gonzaga in Mantua. Later he get further education probably by Salomone Rossi and Giovanni Battista Buonamente. From 1626 to 1629, he worked as concertmaster in Dresden. In Dresden he worked with Heinrich Schütz, who interested him in composing. <a href="https://www.last.fm

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Carlo
Family name
Farina
Gender
male
Place of birth
Mantua
Place of death
Vienna
Occupation
violinist
Languages spoken
Italian
Instrument
violin
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cause of death
plague
date of birth
1604-00-00
date of death
1639-01-01
manner of death
natural causes
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