Alessandro Marcello
Alessandro Ignazio Marcello (Italian:
Biography
Born in
A contemporary of Tomaso Albinoni, and a slightly older contemporary of Antonio Vivaldi, Marcello often composed under the pseudonym Eterio Stinfalico, his name as a member of the celebrated Arcadian Academy (Pontificia Accademia degli Arcadi). Marcello died in Venice in 1747 and was buried on his family's countryside estate in Paviola near Padua.[3]
Rosanna Scalfi, a singer and composer, was the widow of Alessandro's better-known brother Benedetto Marcello. As their 1728 marriage had not been sanctioned by the state due to her being of common birth, she was unable to inherit his estate, and in 1742 filed suit against Alessandro seeking financial support.[4]
Works
Although most of Marcello's works are infrequently performed today, Marcello is regarded as a highly competent composer. His
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Notes and references
- ^ [MARCELLO, Alessandro Ignazio – Italian composer Benedetto Marcello's elder brother, was born in Venice on 24 August 1669, firstborn of Agostino, of the branch to the Magdalene, and of Paolina Cappello S. Lunardo, Venetian patricians. 24 August 1669, the date of birth of the composer reported in the family genealogies and accepted in the most recent encyclopedias, is actually that of a brother of the same name, who disappeared in childhood; it is the same Marcello, in a Latin epigram entitled De sua genitura, to confirm the data found in the baptismal faith. Treccani]
- ^ Marcello's birth/death dates are given as 1684 to 1750 in The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
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- ISBN 9780393034875. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
Sources
- The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 1994.