Who was the first great composer to write consistently for the violin, an instrument which heretofore had considered a "low-class" instrument, only suitable for playing in inns and taverns?

A) Claudio Monteverdi
B) Salomone Rossi
C) Arcangelo Corelli
D) Antonio Vivaldi


A

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