Selected Works
- 10 Sonate a 3, with Basso Continuo, op. 1 (1686).
- 12 Concerto da camera, for 2 violins and basso continuo, op. 2 (1686).
- 12 Sinfonie, for 2–4 instruments, op. 3 (1687).
- 12 Concertino per camera for Violin and Cello, op. 4 (1688).
- 12 Sinfonie a 3 e concerti a 4, op. 5 (1692).
- 12 Concerti musicali a quattro, op. 6 (1698).
- 12 Concerti grossi con una pastorale per il Santissimo Natale, op. 8 (1709).
- More than 30 concertos for 1 to 4 trumpets, including a Sinfonia à 4, composed after 1702 (Tarr 1974) and unpublished during his lifetime, which is a concerto for four trumpets, with an orchestra requiring a minimum of four oboes, two bassoons, trombone, timpani, four violins, two violas, four cellos, two double basses, and continuo.
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