al ▁composer , ▁Sam mart ini ▁wrote ▁a ▁significant ▁amount ▁of ▁solo ▁son at as . ▁Due ▁to ▁his ▁professional ▁instrument , ▁many ▁of ▁these ▁son at as ▁were ▁written ▁for ▁the ▁fl ute , ▁rec order , ▁and ▁ob oe . ▁One ▁of ▁his ▁unique ▁id i oms ▁was ▁starting ▁a ▁son ata ▁with ▁a ▁slow ▁movement . ▁His ▁larger ▁orch est ral ▁works ▁often ▁featured ▁four ▁to ▁five ▁movements ▁with ▁slow ▁trans itional ▁movements . ▁Giuseppe ▁Sam mart ini ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁compos ers ▁to ▁write ▁keyboard ▁concert os ▁in ▁England , ▁causing ▁him ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁exception ally ▁influ ential ▁composer ▁for ▁his ▁time . ▁ ▁Works ▁ 2 4 ▁son at as ▁for ▁rec order ▁and ▁bass , ▁ 3 0 ▁tri os ▁for ▁fl utes ▁or ▁viol ins , ▁ 2 4 ▁concert i ▁gross i , ▁ 4 ▁keyboard ▁concert os , ▁ob oe ▁concert os , ▁ 1 6 ▁over t ures , ▁some ▁c ello ▁son at as , ▁some ▁fl ute ▁du ets . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁Sam mart ini ' s ▁most ▁famous ▁piece ▁is ▁his ▁Con cer to ▁in ▁F ▁major ▁for ▁rec order , ▁strings ▁and ▁continu o . ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁S ources ▁ ▁Further ▁reading ▁Brown , ▁A . ▁Peter . ▁" App ro aching ▁Musical ▁Classic ism : ▁Under standing ▁St yles ▁and ▁Style ▁– ▁Change ▁in ▁E igh teenth - Cent ury ▁Inst rument al ▁Music ." ▁College ▁Music ▁Sym pos ium , ▁vol ▁