Fortunato Chelleri

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Fortunato Chelleri
BornMay or June 1690
Died11 December 1757 (age 67)
Occupations

Fortunato Chelleri (originally: Keller, also: Kelleri, Kellery, Cheler) (May or June 1690 in Parma – 11 December 1757 in Kassel) was a Baroque Kapellmeister and composer.

Biography

Chelleri's father had emigrated from Germany to Italy; his mother was from the Italian family of musicians Bazzani (or Bassani, see also Giovanni Battista Bassani). After the early death of his parents, he grew up with his uncle Francesco Maria Bazzani in Piacenza, who trained him as a musician. Chelleri started to compose operas for different opera companies in Northern Italy in 1708. He served in noble families in Barcelona, Florence and Venice, among others, including a post as maestro di capella of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici.[1]

In 1722

Wilhelm VIII, von Hessen-Kassel until his death.[1]

Works

During his activity in Italy he composed mostly operas, such as L'Innocenza giustificata, premiered in Venice in 1711, La caccia in Etolia, premiered in Ferrara in 1715, on a libretto of Belisario Valeriano which was used by George Frideric Handel for Atalanta, and Amalasunta.

During his time in Germany and Sweden Chelleri composed instrumental and church music, including oratorios in Italian. Compositions for keyboard instruments, such as six Sonate di galanteria (Kassel), and six Sinfonie for strings were published. His oratorio in two parts Beatæ Mariæ Virginis (Würzburg, 1723) was reprinted by Garri Editions, Mühlheim, in 2003.

Recordings

Literature

  • Arrey von Dommer: Chellery, Fortunato. In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Band 4. Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1876, p. 114 (in German).
  • A.Della Cortenel e G.M.Gatti: Dizionario di musica, ed. Paravia & C., Torino, 1956, p. 130 (in Italian)

References

  • Russell, Tom; Churgin, B.; Moore, D. (June 1985). Johnson, J. (ed.). Antonio Brioschi 1725-50/Fortunato Chelleri 1690-1757/Antonio Sacchini 1730-86/Gaetano Pugnani 1731-1798 (Series A, Volume 3 ed.). Taylor & Francis. .
  1. ^ a b Vassilis Vavoulis (2010). "Chelleri [Kelleri, Keller, Cheler], Fortunato". hemingways-studio.org. Retrieved 15 September 2010.
  2. ^ "Organ Era Vol. 2 / Kalevi Kiviniemi / Bamboo Organ FUGA 9161" (in Finnish). fuga.fi. 2010. Retrieved 15 September 2010.

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