Luca Antonio Predieri
Luca Antonio Predieri (13 September 1688 – 3 January 1767) was an Italian composer and violinist. A member of a prominent family of musicians, Predieri was born in
Life
The son of Vitale Predieri and Maria Menzani, Predieri was born in
Predieri became known in Vienna through performances there of his operas, Amor Prigioniero in 1731, and Il sogno di Scipione, first performed in 1735 as part of the birthday celebrations for
Works
According to musicologist Anne Schnoebelen, Predieri's sacred music demonstrated his "mastery of vocal polyphony and polychoral writing" while the operas he composed in Vienna to texts by
By the end of Predieri's lifetime, his operas were no longer performed, having been superseded by the
Operas and oratorios
- Operas
- La Partenope (Parthenope),[2] libretto by Silvio Stampiglia, premiered Bologna, Teatro Marsigli-Rossi, 28 October 1710 for the inauguration of the theatre (score lost)
- La virtù in trionfo o sia La Griselda (The triumph of virtue, or Griselda) dramma per musica in three acts, libretto by Tomaso Stanzani after Apostolo Zeno, premiered Bologna, Teatro Marsigli-Rossi, 18 Oct 1711 (score lost apart from the aria "Fa' di me ciò che ti piace")
- La Giuditta (Judith), libretto by Francesco Silvani, premiered Ancona, Teatro La Fenice, 1713 (score lost)
- Lucio Papirio (Lucius Papirius), libretto by Antonio Salvi, premiered Pratolino, Villa Medici, 1714; performed in Rome the same year and in Venice in 1715 (score lost apart from 4 arias)[10]
- Astarte, libretto by Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati, premiered Rome, Teatro Capranica, 1715 (score lost)
- Il pazzo per politica, libretto by Giovanni Battista Gianoli, premiered Livorno, Teatro San Sebastiano, 1717 (score lost)
- Il duello d'amore e di vendetta, (The duel of love and revenge), dramma giocoso in three acts, librettist Francesco Salvi, premiered Livorno, Teatro San Sebastiano, 1718 (score lost)[11]
- La fede ne' tradimenti (Faith amidst treachery), libretto by Girolamo Gigli, premiered Florence, Teatro della Pergola, 1718 (score lost)
- Merope (Merope), libretto by Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati, premiered Livorno, Teatro San Sebastiano, 1718 (score lost)
- Anagilda, libretto by Girolamo Gigli, premiered Turin, Teatro Carignano, 1719 (score lost)
- Il trionfo della virtù (The triumph of virtue), libretto by Francesco Pecori, premiered Florence, Teatro della Pergola, 1719 (score lost)
- Il trionfo di Solimano, ovvero Il trionfo maggiore è vincere se stesso (The triumph of Suleiman, or The greatest triumph is to conquer oneself), libretto by Francesco Pecori, premiered Florence, Teatro della Pergola, summer 1719 (score lost)
- La finta pazzia di Diana (The feigned madness of Diana), dramma pastorale in 3 acts, librettist unknown, premiered Florence, Teatro della Pergola, 1719; also performed in Venice and Vienna in 1748 (score lost)[12]
- Astarto, libretto by Apostolo Zeno and Pietro Pariati, dramma per musica in 3 acts, premiered Florence, Teatro della Pergola, 1720 (score lost)
- Tito Manlio (Titus Manlius), libretto by Matteo Noris, premiered Florence, Teatro della Pergola, 1720 (score lost)
- Sofonisba, libretto by Francesco Silvani, premiered Rome, Teatro Alibert, 1722 with Farinelliin the title role. (score lost apart from the aria "Ricordati o bella che un caro tuo sguardo")
- Scipione (Scipio), libretto by Apostolo Zeno, premiered Rome, Teatro Alibert, 1724 with Farinelli in the role of Salonice (score lost apart from 3 arias)
- Cesare in Egitto (Caesar in Egypt), libretto by Giacomo Francesco Bussani, premiered Rome, Teatro Capranica, 1728 (score lost apart from 4 arias)
- Astianatte (Astyanax), libretto by Antonio Salvi, premiered Alessandria, Teatro Soleri, autumn 1729 (score lost)
- Eurene, libretto by Claudio Nicola Stampa, Milan, Teatro Regio Ducale, 1729; revised as Sirbace, premiered Pistoia, Teatro degli Accademici dei Risvegliati, 2 July 1730 (score lost)
- Ezio (Metastasio, premiered Milan, Teatri Regio Ducal, 1730 (score lost)
- Alessandro nell'Indie (Alexander in India), libretto by Metastasio, premiered Milan, Teatro Regio Ducale, 1731 (score lost)
- Scipione il giovane (Teatro San Giovanni Grisostomo, 19 November 1731 with Antonio Bernacchi in the title role[13]
- Amor prigionero (Amor imprisoned), libretto by Metastasio, premiered Vienna, 1732
- Il sogno di Scipione (The dream of Scipio), azione teatrale in 1 act, libretto by Metastasio, first performed 1735 during the birthday celebrations for Emperor Charles VI, revived in 1739
- Zoe, libretto by Francesco Silvani revised from his La forza del sangue, premiered Venice, Teatro San Cassiano, 10 November 1736 (score lost)[14]
- Gli auguri spiegati, libretto by Giovanni Claudio Pasquini, premiered Laxenburg, 3 May 1738
- La pace tra la virtù e la bellezza (Peace between virtue and beauty), libretto by Metastasio, premiered Vienna, 15 October 1738
- Perseo (Perseus), festa di camera, libretto by Giovanni Claudio Pasquini, premiered Vienna, 4 November 1738
- Astrea placata, ossia La felicità della terra (Astraeaplacated, or Happiness returns to the earth), festa di camera , libretto by Metastasio, premiered Vienna, 28 August 1739
- Zenobia (Zenobia), libretto by Metastasio, first setting, Vienna, Favorita Palace, 28 August 1740
- Armida placata (Armida placated), pasticcio (composed in collaboration with Wagenseil, Hasse, Bonno, and Abos), libretto by Giovanni Ambrogio Migliavacca, premiered Vienna 1750 on the occasion of the birthday of Empress Elisabeth Christine
- Oratorios
- Santi Cipriano e Giustina martiri (Saints Cyprian and Justina, martyrs) Bologna, Church of Santa Maria della Vita, first performed 17 March 1712 (score lost)
- L'Adamo, (Adam) text by Girolamo Melani, first performed Bologna, Church of La Madonna di Galliera, 1723 (score lost)
- La caduta di Gerusalemme (The fall of Jerusalem), first performed Bologna, Church of Santa Maria della Vita, 1st Thursday of Lent, 1727 (score lost)
- San Pellegrino Laziosi (Saint Peregrine Laziosi), first performed Bologna, Church of La Madonna di Galliera, 1729; also performed in Cento as I prodigi del crocifisso nella conversione di S Pellegrino Laziosi, 1734
- Gesù nel tempio (Jesus in the temple), first performed Bologna, Church of Santa Maria della Vita, 31 March 1735 (score lost)
- Il sacrificio d'Abramo (The sacrifice of Abraham), text by Francesca Menzoni-Giusti, first performed Vienna, 1738
- Isacco figura del Redentore (Isaac, figure of the Redeemer), first performed Vienna, 12 February 1740
Sacred music
In addition to the following, Predieri also composed numerous other
- Stabat Mater (SATB chorus, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass and organ continuo)
- Lamentations for Holy Week: Mercoledì Santo (soprano and basso continuo), Giovedì Santo (contralto and basso continuo), Venerdì Santo (soprano and basso continuo)
- Motets: Dulcis plaga, Ecce dies, Super astra in corde meo, Tuba canit (all for solo voice and orchestra)
- Te Deum (SATB chorus and orchestra)
- Hymn: Inno alla Beata Vergine Maria (SATB chorus and orchestra)
- Ave Maris Stella(SATB chorus and orchestra; 3 versions composed in 1738, 1740, 1746)
- Magnificat (SATB chorus and orchestra; 3 versions composed in 1739, 1740, 1746)
- Missa Sanctissimi Francisci (Mass for the feast of Saint Francis; SATB chorus, 2 trumpets 2 violins and 2 trombones; composed 1746)
- Missa Nativitatis (Christmas Mass; SATB chorus, trumpets and violins; composed 1747)
Secular music
- Concerto in B minor for violin and string orchestra[15]
- Cantatas: "Quel ruscel che tra sassi si frange" and "Or che Lidia adorata"
- Aria: "Doppio tormento m'affanna"
- Sonatas for harspichord in G major, C major, and D major
- Sinfonia in B-flat major
Recordings
Two of Predieri's
References
- Notes
- ^ a b Schnoebelen (2001)
- ^ a b Queen Parthenope, a siren and the legendary founder of Naples
- ^ Schnoebelen (2001); Godt and Rice (2010) p. 277
- ^ Eisen and Keefe (2006) p.462
- ^ Schnoebelen (2001); Carter (1990) pp. 65 & 68
- ^ Herbert (1997) P. 91
- ^ a b McCants (2004) p. 33
- ^ Violin Concerto in B minor was published by Hug (Zurich 1964); Stabat Mater by Mannheim Editions (New York 2009); "Pace una volta" by W.G. Haas (Cologne 2002.)
- ^ Unless otherwise indicated sourced from Schnoebelen (2001) and Casaglia (2005)
- ^ Selfridge-Field (2007) p. 320
- ^ May also have been performed in Venice in 1725 as Gli sdegni cangiati in amore. See Selfridge-Field (2007) p. 379
- ^ Selfridge-Field (2007) pp. 511-512
- ^ Selfridge-Field (2007) p. 426
- ^ Selfridge-Field (2007) p. 450
- ^ Österreichische Nationalbibliothekin Vienna
- Sources
- Carter, Stewart (1990). "Trombone Obbligatos in Viennese Oratorios of the Baroque", Historic Brass Society Journal, Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp. 52–77
- Casaglia, Gherardo (2005). "Luca Antonio Predieri". L'Almanacco di Gherardo Casaglia (in Italian).
- Eisen, Cliff and Keefe, Simon P. (2006). The Cambridge Mozart Encyclopedia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-85659-0
- Godt, Irving and Rice, John A. (2010). Marianna Martines: A Woman Composer in the Vienna of Mozart and Haydn. University Rochester Press. ISBN 1-58046-351-7
- Herbert, Trevor (1997). The Cambridge Companion to Brass Instruments. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56522-7
- McCants, Clyde T.(2004). American Opera Singers and their Recordings: Critical Commentaries and Discographies. McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-1952-0
- Schnoebelen, Anne (2001). "Predieri" in Stanley Sadie (ed.) ISBN 1-56159-239-0
- Selfridge-Field, Eleanor (2007). A New Chronology of Venetian Opera and Related Genres, 1660-1760, Stanford University Press. ISBN 0-8047-4437-8
External links
- Free scores by Luca Antonio Predieri (Stabat Mater and a Violin Concerto published in Concerto a cinque) on the International Music Score Library Project
- Works by and about Luca Antonio Predieri on WorldCat
- List of manuscript scores by Luca Antonio Predieri held in Italian libraries from the Biblioteca Nazionale Braidense in Milan