Luigi Legnani
Luigi Rinaldo Legnani (7 November 1790 – 5 August 1877) was an Italian virtuoso guitarist, singer, composer and luthier.[1]
Life
Born in
Music
Legnani is perhaps best known for his 36 Caprices op. 20 for the guitar, which cover all the major and minor keys, and which were probably inspired by
Legnani composed some 250 works, which were published in his lifetime throughout many of the major publishing houses in Europe. He died in Ravenna.
Luthier
As a regular visitor to Vienna, Legnani cooperated with Johann Georg Stauffer and his son Anton to make guitars according to Legnani's design, to be followed by a number of other luthiers ("Nach dem Modell des Luigi Legnani" / 'after the model of Luigi Legnani').[5][6]
Later he began making his own guitars, and some of his instruments still exist:
There is some confusion regarding the luthierie of Legnani, as there seems to have been a second (earlier) Luigi Legnani, an apprentice of Zosimo Bergonzi.[10]
Sergio Monaldini affirms clearly that there is no reliable evidence that Legnani[
Bibliography
- Sergio Monaldini: Chitarra romantica. Luigi (Rinaldo) Legnani e il virtuosismo strumentale nell'Ottocento, Ravenna (Longo, 2015)
- In morte di Luigi Legnani by Antonio Zanca (1861–1958); (Milano : Tip. Lit. Degli Ingegneri, 1887) (Information about publication is found in Bibliografia italiana)
- Luigi Legnani by Romolo Ferrari 1, 2 Archived 6 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine (E. Bassi e nipoti, 1932)
- Teatro Carignano 28 Inglio 1855
- Appunti su una chitarra di Luigi Legnani by Ciurlo, Ernesto Fausto (1895 - 1978) Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine; Strumenti e Musica Archived 30 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine, XXIV, 1971, No. 2, page 70
- Introduction to "36 Caprices", by Simon Wynberg (Heidelberg: Chanterelle, 1986)
- Gazzelloni, Giuseppe, "Legnani, Luigi", in:The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (London: Macmillan, 2001)
References
- ^ Josef Zuth: Handbuch der Laute und Gitarre (Vienna, 1926–8), p. 176; Józef Powroźniak: Gitarren-Lexikon (Berlin, 1979; 3rd edition, 1986), p. 123.
- ^ Powroźniak (1986), as above).
- ^ Powroźniak (1986), as above).
- ^ Powroźniak (1986), as above).
- ^ Stauffer Label: Nach dem Modell des Luigi Legnani Archived 14 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (ref)
- ^ Nach dem Modell des Luigi Legnani
- ^ "Guitar by Legnani". Archived from the original on 8 May 2006. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ Luigi Rinaldo Legnani: His life and position in European music of the early nineteenth century, with an annotated performance edition of selections from 36 Capricci per Tutti I Tuoni Maggiori E Minori, Opus 20. by Douglas Goff James; see page 18 regarding a guitar supposedly made by Legnani
- ^ other Legnani (?): 1, 2, 3 Archived 2 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Monaldini, bibl.p.109: "non esiste alcuna prova attendibile che Legnani abbia costruito anche una sola chitarra, e tantomeno dei violini. Sino ad ora non è stato trovato un solo strumento che porti la sua firma."
External links
- Biographical
- Luigi Legnani, Guitar Virtuoso and Composer Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine by George C. Krick; ETUDE, May 1941, volume LIX, number 5, page 351-352 (alternative Archived 9 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine)
- Luigi Legnani by Philip James Bone (The guitar and mandolin : biographies of celebrated players and composers for these instruments (1914))
- Articles
- (in German)Luigi Rinaldo Legnani by Daniela Rossato (nova giulianiad 7/85, p. 154)
- Sheetmusic
- Rischel & Birket-Smith's Collection of guitar music 1 Det Kongelige Bibliotek, Denmark
- Boije Collection Archived 18 April 2013 at archive.today The Music Library of Sweden (alternative)
- George C. Krick Collection of Guitar Music Washington University
- Free scores by Luigi Legnani at the International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
- Images