Editing Arcangelo Corelli (section)

===Early career===
Anecdotes of travels outside Italy to France, Germany, and Spain lack any contemporary evidence. For example, the anecdote that Corelli's continental fame stemmed from a trip to Paris at the age of nineteen, where he was chased away by an envious [[Jean-Baptiste Lully]], seems to have originated with [[Jean-Jacques Rousseau]].<ref>Allsop, p. 5</ref> It was also claimed that Corelli spent time in Germany in the service of [[Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria]] (supposedly in 1681), as well as in the house of his friend and fellow violinist-composer [[Cristiano Farinelli]] (between 1680 and 1685).<ref name=EB1911/>

Although it is unclear quite when Corelli arrived in Rome, he was certainly active there by 1675, when "Arcangelo Bolognese" (as he was referred to) was engaged to play as one of the supporting violinists in [[Lent]]en oratorios at the church of [[San Giovanni dei Fiorentini]], as well as in the French national celebrations held each year on 25 August at [[San Luigi dei Francesi]] and during the ordination of a member of the powerful [[House of Chigi|Chigi family]] at [[Santi Domenico e Sisto]]. In August 1676, he was already playing second violin to [[Carlo Mannelli]] at San Luigi dei Francesi. Although Rome did not have any permanent orchestra providing stable employment for instrumentalists, Corelli rapidly made a name for himself, playing in a variety of ensembles sponsored by wealthy patrons, such as Cardinal [[Benedetto Pamphili]], for whom he played in Lenten oratorios at [[San Marcello al Corso|San Marcello]] from 1676 to 1679.<ref name=Talbot2007/><ref>Allsop, p. 27-29</ref>