Giuseppe Torelli
Giuseppe Torelli (22 April 1658 Verona – 8 February 1709) was an Italian
era.Torelli is most remembered for contributing to the development of the instrumental concerto.,[1] especially concerti grossi and the solo concerto, for strings and continuo, as well as being the most prolific Baroque composer for trumpets.[2]
Life
Torelli was born in
Georg Friedrich II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, where he conducted the orchestra for Le pazzie d'amore e dell'interesse, an idea drammatica composed by the maestro di cappella, and the castrato Francesco Antonio Pistocchi, before leaving for Vienna in December 1699. He returned to Bologna sometime before February 1701, when he is listed as a violinist in the newly re-formed cappella musicale at San Petronio, directed by his former composition teacher Perti.[3]
He died at age 50 on 8 February 1709 in Bologna,[3][4] where his manuscripts are conserved in the San Petronio archives.
Giuseppe's brother,
Accademia Clementina. The most notable amongst Giuseppe's many pupils was Francesco Manfredini
.
Selected works
- 10 Sonate a 3, with basso continuo, Op. 1 (1686).
- 12 Concerto da camera, for 2 violins and basso continuo, Op. 2 (1686).
- 12 Sinfonie, for 2–4 instruments, Op. 3 (1687).
- 12 Concertino per camera for violin and cello, Op. 4 (1688).
- 12 Sinfonie a 3 e concerti a 4, Op. 5 (1692).
- 12 Concerti musicali a quattro, Op. 6 (1698).
- 12 Concerti grossi con una pastorale per il Santissimo Natale, Op. 8 (1709).
- More than 30 concertos for 1 to 4 trumpets, including a Sinfonia à 4, composed after 1702.[2] and unpublished during his lifetime, which is a concerto for four trumpets, with an orchestra requiring a minimum of four oboes, two bassoons, trombone, timpani, four violins, two violas, four cellos, two double basses, and continuo.
Selected recordings
- Cantata "Lumi dolenti lumi" on Agitata Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone, Alpha. 2017
References
Sources
- Adler, Herman (n.d.). Giuseppe Torelli: Trumpet Concerto in D Major (LP record). Jean-Francois Paillard Chamber Orchestra. Musical Heritage Society. MHS 595.
- Ciliberti, Galliano, and Giovanni Tribuzio. 2014. "'Un buon virtuoso, agitato dalla fortuna, dalla quale sortì vari accidenti'. Giuseppe Corsi: un maestro marsicano nel Seicento europeo". In "E nostra guida sia la Stravaganza": Giuseppe Corsi da Celano musicista del Seicento, edited by Galliano Ciliberti and Giovanni Tribuzio, 43–45. Bari: Florestano.
- Newman, William S. 1972. The Sonata in the Baroque Era. New York: W. W. Norton.
- Schnoebelen, Ann, and Marc Vanscheeuwijk. 2001. "Torelli, Giuseppe." The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, second edition, edited by Stanley Sadie and John Tyrrell. London: Macmillan Publishers.
- Tarr, Edward H. 1974. Unpaginated editorial notes to his edition of Giuseppe Torelli, Sinfonia a 4, G. 33, in C major. London: Musica Rara.
Further reading
- Bukofzer, Manfred F. 1947. Music in the Baroque Era: From Monteverdi to Bach. New York: W. W. Norton.
- Passadore, Francesco. 2007. Catalogo tematico delle composizioni di Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709). Padua: Edizioni de I Solisti Veneti ISBN 88-901412-6-3
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