Riccardo Rognoni
Riccardo Rognoni or Richardo Rogniono (ca. 1550 – before 20 April 1620) is the earliest known member of the Rognoni family which started one of the earliest of all violin schools, based in Milan. His treatise Passaggi per potersi esercitare nel diminuire ("Passages for practice in diminution"), Venice 1592, is the first to mention the violino da brazzo, or violin.
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Riccardo Rognoni
- Born
- 1550
- Died
- 1620 · Milan.
- Occupation
- composer · music theorist · music educator
- Movements
- Renaissance music
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Riccardo Rognoni or Richardo Rogniono (ca. 1550 – before 20 April 1620) is the earliest known member of the Rognoni family which started one of the earliest of all violin schools, based in Milan. His treatise Passaggi per potersi esercitare nel diminuire ("Passages for practice in diminution"), Venice 1592, is the first to mention the violino da brazzo, or violin.
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Born in 1550, died in Milan in 1620.
Francesco Rognoni Taeggio and Giovanni Domenico Rognoni Taeggio are recorded as having studied under Riccardo Rognoni.
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