Eccles Baroque Music

Son of Solomon Eccles and brother of John Eccles, Henry Eccles was a Baroque composer of British origin. He was a violin player of great caliber who played in the court of King Louis XIV from 1694 to 1710. Having found, what he felt to be, little to no recompense for his efforts in his native country, Eccles decided to move to Paris, France. It was in France where he was fortunate enough to find and obtain a position as a performer for the King of France's Band. It was also in France, in the year 1720, where Eccles was able to publish "Twelve Excellent Solos for the Violin" which contained sonatas, some of which contained borrowings from Giuseppe Valentini's op. 8, however, the most well-known sonata from the volume, number 11 in G minor seems to be for the most part of his own original work though the second movement does appear to be excerpted from Francesco Bonporti's Opus 10.