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Viotti was a pupil of Gaetano Pugnani . He served at the court in Turin and toured as a soloist, at first with Pugnani before going to Paris alone. He was particularly popular there, and served for a time at Versailles before founding a new opera house, the Théâtre de Monsieur in 1788. When the French Revolution made the production of new opera impossible, he moved to London. He later returned to Paris, but gave up giving concerts to run a wine business. This failed however, and he worked as director of the Paris Opera from 1819 to 1821. He died in London.

Viotti was a very influential violinist. The teacher of both Pierre Rode and Pierre BaillotPierre Marie Francois de Sales Baillot was a French violinist and composer. Baillot was born in Passy and studied the violin under Giovanni Battista Viotti. He taught violin at the Paris Conservatoire and together with Pierre Rode (also a pupil of Viotti) and an important influence on Rodolphe KreutzerRodolphe Kreutzer ( November 16, 1766 January 6, 1831) was a French violinist, teacher, composer and conductor. He was born in Versailles, and was initially taught by his father with later lessons from Anton Stamitz. He became one of the foremost violin v, all of whom became notable teachers themselves, he is considered the founding father of the 19th century French violin school. He also taught August Duranowski , who was an influence on Niccolò PaganiniNiccolo Paganini (Genoa, October 27, 1782 Nice, May 27, 1840) was a violinist and composer. He was one of the most famous virtuosi of his day, and is considered to be one of the greatest violinists ever, with absolute pitch and perfect intonation, express.

Viotti's most notable compositions are his 29 violin concertoOrigin Etymology Concerto (from the latin concertus from certare to strive, also confused with concentus , in its most general sense, is a name for a piece of classical music in which there are two distinct groups of instruments, one larger than the others which were an influence on Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven (baptized December 17, 1770 d. March 26, 1827) was a German composer, the predominant musical figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of all tim. One in particular, No. 22 in a minor (1792), is still very frequently performed--especially by advanced student players. Most of his music features the violin prominently: his string quartetA string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string musical instruments or a piece written to be performed by such a group. Background Although any combination of four string instruments can literally be called a "string quartet", in practice the term rs largely ignore the balanced texture pioneered by HaydnPortrait by Thomas Hardy, 1792 Franz) Joseph Haydn (in German, Josef he never used the Franz) ( March 31, 1732 May 31, 1809) was a leading composer of the classical period. He was the brother of Michael Haydn, a composer, and Johann Evangelist Haydn, a te, giving a "solo" role to the first violin. Viotti often wrote chamber music for more traditional combinations such as two violins and bass. He also wrote sonataSonata (From Latin and Italian sonare 'to sound'), in music, literally means a piece "played" as opposed to cantata (Latin cantare to sing), a piece sung. The term, being vague, naturally evolved through the history of music, designating a variety of forms, songs, and other works.