Riccardo Rognoni

Italian composer, violinist and flutist, born ca. 1550 - died before 20 April 1620 in Milano (Milan). Earliest known member of the Rognoni family which started one of the earliest of all violin schools, based in Milan. His treatise Passaggi per potersi esercitare nel diminuire ("Passages for practice in diminution"), Venice 1592, is the first to mention the violino da brazzo, or violin. Father of Francesco Rognoni Taeggio and Giovanni Domenico Rognoni Taeggio.