Arcangelo Corelli
Sonate a tre, doi violini e violone o arcileuto, col basso per l'organo, consecrate alla sacra real maestà di Cristina Alessandra regina di Svezia ... Opera prima

I won't delve into the compositions or the extensive biography of Arcangelo Corelli, you can find those everywhere, even on the infamous and, by some, maligned Wikipedia (my favorite online encyclopedia since forever).

I will be more than brief:

“A true leap into the future that has lasted for almost four centuries, this is what Arcangelo Corelli has given us, genius of the violin and absolute perfecter of the “concerto grosso” genre, he was able to influence the greatest composers after him.”

As far as I'm concerned, it could end here (not being a great enthusiast and having a limited knowledge of classical and baroque music in general, although truly appreciating it nonetheless), but I will add something else for the more curious among you, ok?

Many soundtracks have taken advantage of his vast repertoire, such as in “Crónica de un niño solo”, a 1965 film directed by Leonardo Favio, or in the more recent "Master & Commander - The Far Side of the World" by Peter Weir in 2003, or the beautiful short, actually very short, “Small sphere travels through landscapes | The Aroma of Tea - Short Film by Michael Dudok de Wit” from 2006, or in the Polish film that you can watch for free here in the original language https://www.cda.pl/video/73537575d “Żywot Mateusza”(Life of Mateusz) from '68 directed by Witold Leszczyński, based on a '67 novel, "Fuglane" (The Birds) by Norwegian writer Tarjei Vesaas, but also in “Casanova” from 2005 (directed by Lasse Hallström), where in the vast ost we also find these two beautiful tracks: “Sonata for Violin & Continuo” Op. 5 No. 11 in E Major (5. Gavotta – Allegro) & “Sonata for Violin & Continuo” Op. 5 No. 7 in D Minor (3. Sarabanda - Largo), both composed by our Arcangelo Corelli, and in the unsuspected “Ladykillers” by the Coen brothers from 2004 with the track “Concerto grosso in D major” Op. 6, No. 4,: III. Vivace which you can also listen to here https://open.spotify.com/intl-it/track/5XwEgJc8cEUU6iSqSY5678, and finally (but surely there are others) in “Mother's Day” from 2016, the last film by director Garry Kent Masciarelli aka Garry Marshall (the son of people from Abruzzo) who passed away at the ripe age of eighty-one due to pneumonia, where we find the track “Corelli Concerto In D” by Daniele Luppi and nothing, actually no, he (Corelli) was confined in that “Pantheon” of Rome founded in 27 BC and rebuilt between 112 and 124 AD and given to Pope Bonifacio IV who transformed it into a basilica called Santa Maria della Rotonda or Santa Maria ad Martyres at the beginning of the 7th century (but those are different stories) and it doesn't poke any hole in the sky and nothing...