Biography
Girolamo Nicolò Laurenti (born 4th June 1678 died 26th December 1751) was an Italian violinist and composer. Girolamo Nicolò Laurenti came from a family of musicians, he learned violin from his father Bartolomeo Laurenti, and then from Giuseppe Torelli and Tomaso Antonio Vitali. In 1699 he was admitted as a musician in the Accademia Filarmonica and 1710 as a composer. 1706 he took his father's place at the Basilica of San Petronio. In addition to works for strings Laurenti wrote some sacred works.
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