![cover image](https://wikiwandv2-19431.kxcdn.com/_next/image?url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Veracini.jpg/640px-Veracini.jpg&w=640&q=50)
Francesco Maria Veracini
18th-century Italian composer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Francesco Maria Veracini (1 February 1690 – 31 October 1768) was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his sets of violin sonatas. As a composer, according to Manfred Bukofzer, "His individual, if not subjective, style has no precedent in baroque music and clearly heralds the end of the entire era",[1] while Luigi Torchi maintained that "he rescued the imperiled music of the eighteenth century",[2] His contemporary, Charles Burney, held that "he had certainly a great share of whim and caprice, but he built his freaks on a good foundation, being an excellent contrapuntist".[3] The asteroid 10875 Veracini was named after him.
![Thumb image](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Veracini.jpg/640px-Veracini.jpg)