A Biographical Dictionary of Fiddlers di A. Mason Clarke
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tine of the Rhine. The composer survived the publication of this admirable work but a few weeks; the dedication bearing date the 3rd of December, 1712, and he dying on the 8th January, 1713. Corelli was buried in the church of Santa Maria della Rotonda, the ancient Pantheon, in the first chapel on the left hand of the entrance. Over the place of his interment is erected a marble statue bearing the inscription " Corelli princeps musicorum," and represents the composer with a roll of music in his hand whereon are engraved a few bars of the Giga in his 5th Sonata, the expense ot which was defrayed by Philip William, Count Palatine of the Rhine. The work was carried out under the direction of his rich patron, Cardinal Ottoboni. It is worthy of remark that this monument is adjacent that erected to the great painter RafTaelle. Corelli amassed a considerable fortune in the exercise of his profession, besides a valuable collection of pictures, the whole of which he bequeathed to Cardinal Ottoboni. This generous man, however, reserved to himself the pictures only, distributing the money (some six thousand pounds, it is said), among Corelli's poor relations. For several years after Corelli's death, a solemn service, consisting of selections from his own works, was performed in
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