Luka Sorkočević
Count Luka Sorkočević (
Biography
Luka (Lukša) Sorkočević was born in
Metastasio – a valuable experience for his later life and work. With serious health problems, he committed suicide
by throwing himself from the third floor of his palace in Dubrovnik in 1789, at the age of 55.
Although he also wrote a few vocal pieces, his most interesting works are the eight symphonies, the
empfindsamer Stil – indicated by the fact that they are exclusively written in major keys – nor with the modernism of the Mannheim school
. Nevertheless, Sorkočević's music contains traces of both styles. The Largo of the Symphony No. 7 shows the kind of expression which is associated with the Empfindsamkeit and the first movement of the Symphony No. 1 contains the crescendi for which the Mannheim school was famous. The Sonata in A-major for piano was written in 1754.
See also
- Republic of Ragusa
- List of notable Ragusans
- Dubrovnik
- Dalmatia
- History of Dalmatia
- Antun Sorkočević
- House of Sorkočević
References
- ^ Samson, Jim (2013). Music in the Balkan. Brill. p. 195.
External sources
- Biography in the Croatian Encyclopedia
- Sorkočević and his instrumental works
- Biography (in Croatian)
- Sorkočević's music review
- Samples of Sorkočević's music
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