Violin Sonata, Op. 5 no. 8
Arcangelo Corelli published his 12 Sonatas for Violin and Continuo in 1700, and dedicated the work to Sophie Charlotte, Electress of Brandenburg. The most known of these pieces (which are said to be defining in the genre) is the last one, no. 12 'la Folia'.

Arcangelo Corelli was an Italian violinist and composer of Baroque music. Corelli was born at Fusignano, in the current-day province of Ravenna, although at the time it was in the province of Ferrara. Little is known about his early life. His master on the violin was Giovanni Battista Bassani, while Matteo Simonelli, the well-known singer of the pope's chapel, taught him composition. He gained his first major success in Paris at the age of nineteen, and to this he owed his European reputation. From Paris, Corelli went to Germany. In 1681 he was in the service of the electoral prince of Bavaria; between 1680 and 1685 he spent a considerable time in the house of his friend and fellow violinist-composer Cristiano Farinelli.

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