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He was the son of the one of the most important families in this city. From his childhood he studied violin in his hometown.
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Here he studied with Giovanni Benvenuti y Leonardo Brugnoli.
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He became a member of the Philharmonic Academy of Bologna. It is a music education institution. Its patron saint is Saint Anthony of Padua. The main idea of the institution was to gather professional musicians to form a long lasting unity dedicated to making beautiful music.
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In this place he was adopted and guest by the cardinal Pietro Ottoboni. Here he attained a remarkable reputation as a violinist while he composed.
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Corelli - Sonata da Camera in E Minor 10 trio sonatas for two violins and cello.
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He became the 'first' violinist in the orchestra of the chapel of the Church of St. Louis of the French, the national church of the French community in Rome.
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In 1684 he joined the Congregation dei Virtuosi di Santa Cecilia, the same year in which he adopted the name of Arcomelo Erimanteo.
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18 trio sonatas for two violins, viola and cello or harpsichord.
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Corelli - Sonata da Camera in G Major 12 sonatas in trio sonatas for two violins and flute.
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25 trio sonatas for two violins, viola and harpsichord.
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Corelli was as first violinist and concert director of the Palace of the Chancellery. It is part of World Heritage. It was built between 1489-1513 by Raffaele Riario. The long facade is of Florentine design.
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His fame was such that he joined the Academy of Arcadia, a high distinction at the time, where he met Domenico Scarlatti. The Academy of Arcadia is a literary academy founded in Rome in 1690 to combat the excesses of the Baroque by a new aesthetic, Classicism. Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer of Baroque music who lived in Spain, where he composed almost all his sonatas for harpsichord.
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Händel was a German composer, later naturalized English, considered one of the summits of the Baroque and one of the most influential composers of Western music and universal.
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He was buried in the cemetery of the church of Santa Maria ad martyrs. Arcangelo Corelli is considered one of the greatest precursors to pre-classical sonata and the ultimate representative of the concerto grosso. Corelli's music exerted a great influence on German composers, especially Bach and Handel. His works were the most published and republished of his time.
