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Information: Anglo-Italian violinist and composer Nicola Matteis was in England by the 1670s amd likely died after 1714. Much of his output came in the form of integral suites and his style was beyond that of most artists of the period.
Matteis, Nicola the Elder Sites:
Nicola Matteis Nicola Matteis: Biographical sketch from the Oxford Companion to music noting also theoretical contributions. (Matteis, Nicola the Elder) http://www.grainger.de/music/composers/matteis.html
Matteis, Nicola (i) Matteis, Nicola (i): Brief biography noting style and substance of his works from the Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at WQXR radio. (Matteis, Nicola the Elder) http://www.wqxr.com/cgi-bin/iowa/cla/learning/grove.html?record=5855