Tomaso Antonio Vitali has been played on NTS in shows including SIGOURNEY, featured first on 2 June 2022. Songs played include Hungarian Dances and Chaconne.

Tomaso Antonio Vitali (March 7, 1663 –May 9, 1745) was an Italian composer and violinist from Bologna, son of Giovanni Battista Vitali. He is well-known for a chaconne in G minor for violin and continuo, which is generally thought to be a musical hoax (it is presumed that the composition was either heavily altered, recomposed, or originally composed by German violonist Ferdinand David.)

One striking feature of the "Vitali" Chaconne's style is the way it wildly changes key, reaching the far-flung…