“Alia Fantasia“. Nicola Matteis. MUSIca ALcheMica

Nicola Matteis (Matheis) (fl. c. 1670 – after 1714[1]) was the earliest notable Italian Baroque violinist in London, whom Roger North judged in retrospect “to have bin a second to Corelli,“ and a composer of significant popularity in his time, though he has been utterly forgotten until the later 20th century.[2] Very little is known of his early life, although Matteis was probably born in Naples, describing himself as ’Napolitano’ in several of his works. He came to London in the early 1670s and according